taffrail
Noun

taffrail (plural taffrails)

  1. (nautical) The curved wooden top of the stern of a sailing man-of-war or East Indiaman, usually carved or decorated.
  2. (nautical) The rail around the stern of a ship.
    • 1833, Edgar Allan Poe, "MS. Found in a Bottle,"
      One evening, leaning over the taffrail, I observed a very singular, isolated cloud, to the N.W.
    See also citations under tafferel.
  3. (nautical) The deck area at the stern of a vessel.



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