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Word: Taffrail
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
early 19th century: alteration (by association with rail), of obsolete tafferel ‘panel’, used to denote the flat part of a ship's stern above the transom, from Dutch tafereel
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈtafreɪl
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a rail and ornamentation round a ship's stern.
Short Definition:rail round ship's stern
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