taffarel
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of taffarel
1615–25; < Middle Dutch tafereel, variant (by dissimilation) of tafeleel < French (dial.) tavlel tableau
Example Sentences
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The engineer is standing, lever in hand, ready to start the engine, and a seaman, with an uplifted axe, is standing near the taffarel, to cut the sternfast.
From Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States by Semmes, Raphael
The after-part of a ship, ending in the taffarel above and the counters below.—By the stern.
From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir
They kindly supplied some few deficiencies, that still remained in our gunner’s department, and I received from them a howitzer, which I mounted on my taffarel, to guard against boat attacks, by night.
From Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States by Semmes, Raphael
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