tafferel
- a variation of taffarel.
Example Sentences
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While these cries were following each other, the skipper himself came on deck, and springing on the tafferel cast a rapid glance around the horizon.
From Graham's Magazine, Vol XXXIII, No. 6, December 1848 by Various
It was my common practice to sit for hours after night-fall upon the tafferel, and strain my eyes in the attempt to distinguish objects on shore or strange sails in the distance.
From The Campaigns of the British Army at Washington and New Orleans 1814-1815 by Gleig, G. R. (George Robert)
Taffrail has been confused with rail, its older form being tafferel, from Du. tafereel, diminutive of tafel, picture, from Lat. tabula.
From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest
Yet we should oftener look over the tafferel of our craft, like curious passengers, and not make the voyage like stupid sailors picking oakum.
From Walden by Thoreau, Henry David
She was very heavily rigged, with her main mast raking over the tafferel, and full of men.
From Tom Cringle's Log by Scott, Michael
