taffrail
the upper part of the stern of a ship.
a rail above the stern of a ship.
Origin of taffrail
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How to use taffrail in a sentence
Stanley Hall and Jim Welton stood leaning over the taffrail, looking down into the black foam-streaked water.
The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands | R.M. BallantyneMonsieur de Fontanges carved his way to the taffrail, and then turned round to kill again.
Newton Forster | Captain Frederick MarryatA few minutes later the purser came aft, carrying a parcel in his hand, which he carefully placed upon the taffrail.
Adrift on the Pacific | Edward S. EllisBevans, leaning against the taffrail, was binding his right forearm with strips torn from the shirt that hung on him in tatters.
Cursed | George Allan EnglandOne struck our taffrail, and another killed a man on the forecastle; but our rigging escaped.
Peter the Whaler | W.H.G. Kingston
British Dictionary definitions for taffrail
/ (ˈtæfˌreɪl) /
a rail at the stern or above the transom of a vessel
the upper part of the transom of a vessel, esp a sailing vessel, often ornately decorated
Origin of taffrail
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