"taffrail" meaning in English

See taffrail in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: taffrails [plural]
Etymology: From either tafferel or aft rail, by false alteration. Head templates: {{en-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. Categories (topical): Nautical Translations (curved wooden top of the stern of a sailing man-of-war or East Indiaman): selkälauta (Finnish), מַעֲקֶה הַיַּרְכָּתַיִם (ma'ake hayarkatayim) [masculine] (Hebrew)
    Sense id: en-taffrail-en-noun-elsFnd6y Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Manx translations, Terms with Middle Irish translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Old Irish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 96 2 2 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 95 2 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 95 2 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 96 2 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 92 4 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 92 4 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 92 4 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 92 4 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Manx translations: 92 4 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Middle Irish translations: 98 1 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 97 1 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Old Irish translations: 92 4 4 Topics: nautical, transport Disambiguation of 'curved wooden top of the stern of a sailing man-of-war or East Indiaman': 90 5 5
  2. (nautical) The rail around the stern of a ship. Categories (topical): Nautical Translations (rail around the stern of a ship): coronament [masculine] (Catalan), peräparras (Finnish), מַעֲקֶה הַיַּרְכָּתַיִם (ma'ake hayarkatayim) [masculine] (Hebrew), lipting [feminine] (Middle Irish)
    Sense id: en-taffrail-en-noun-3wFToc9S Topics: nautical, transport Disambiguation of 'rail around the stern of a ship': 17 68 15
  3. (nautical) The deck area at the stern of a vessel. Categories (topical): Nautical Translations (deck area at the stern of a vessel): peräkansi (Finnish), teafrail [feminine] (Irish), lifting [feminine] (Irish), rancás [masculine] (Irish), taffyl (Manx), lyfting [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), lipting [feminine] (Old Irish)
    Sense id: en-taffrail-en-noun-fbQU0wd8 Topics: nautical, transport Disambiguation of 'deck area at the stern of a vessel': 16 15 69
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: tafferel Derived forms: taffrail log

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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