taffrail

IPA: tˈæfrˈeɪɫ

noun

  • (nautical) The curved wooden top of the stern of a sailing man-of-war or East Indiaman, usually carved or decorated.
  • (nautical) The rail around the stern of a ship.
  • (nautical) The deck area at the stern of a vessel.
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Examples of "taffrail" in Sentences

  • I was still on deck, albeit clinging to the taffrail.
  • Between the stern end of this house and the taffrail was a small space, thickly grown with camp-stools.
  • He stood with his hands resting on the taffrail gazing at the water boiling up from the stern of the S.S.
  • Chopped away at the captain and when the devil wouldn't let go of the taffrail you chopped off the devil's hands.
  • That blob you see over the taffrail is a flag ... the North Korean flag, raised in the place of the Stars and Stripes.
  • We have held the north-east trade for days now, and the miles roll off behind us as the patent log whirls and tinkles on the taffrail.
  • It was about a month to the Cape, with the taffrail under most of the way, but not too bad until we neared Algoa Bay, when it began to blow fit to sicken Magellan.
  • A light shown over the taffrail was the signal of what he was about to do, and as he clewed up his sails, his consorts followed his example, and all three dropped their anchors within a short distance of each other -- the frigate being on the outside.
  • On the other hand, if you want to lean on the taffrail of your ketch and regard the magnificent melancholy sunset of Sirius from the Draschade Ocean, with the rose, cerise and gamboge light playing across the waters, while sipping a Rum Toddy, any world of his would be just the place to do it.

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