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Webster 1913 Edition

Taffrail

Taff′rail

,

Noun.

[D.

tafereel

a panel, picture, fr.

tafel

table, fr. L.

tabula

. See

.]

(Naut.)

The upper part of a ship’s stern, which is flat like a table on the top, and sometimes ornamented with carved work; the rail around a ship's stern.

[Written also

tafferel

.]