TAFFRAIL


Meaning of TAFFRAIL in English

■ noun a rail round a ship's stern.

Origin

C19: alt. (by assoc. with rail 1 ) of obs. tafferel 'panel', used to denote the flat part of a ship's stern above the transom, from Du. tafereel .

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