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Definition of Taffrail
1. Noun. The railing around the stern of a ship.
Definition of Taffrail
1. n. 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.
Definition of Taffrail
1. Noun. (nautical) The curved wooden top of the stern of a sailing man-of-war or East Indiaman, usually carved or decorated. ¹
2. Noun. (nautical) The rail around the stern of a ship. ¹
3. Noun. (nautical) The deck area at the stern of a vessel. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Taffrail
1. a rail around the stern of a ship [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Taffrail
Literary usage of Taffrail
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Custom of the Country by Edith Wharton (1913)
"... and after she had conveyed them to their steamer, and seen their vaguely
relieved faces merged in the handkerchief- waving throng along the taffrail, ..."
2. Directions for Laying Off Ships on the Mouldloft Floor: With Some by John Fincham (1840)
"The taffrail and quarter-pieces, as seen in the figure, are only projections;
they will, therefore, require to be expanded from the round surface, ..."
3. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, Charles Robert Cross, John Trowbridge, Samuel Kneeland, George Bliss (1857)
"... to show unexampled temperature; they ranged from 60° to 70° below zero, and
on very reliable instruments stood upon the taffrail of our brig at 6J? ..."
4. A Naval and Military Technical Dictionary of the French Language: In Two by Robert Burn (1870)
"COURONNEMENT, m. top, top-piece ; cap ; cope, coping ; finishing ; crown- work ;
crowning ; after-part of the taffrail or ..."
5. University Addresses by William Watts Folwell (1909)
"As well might a seaman throw overboard his compass and charts, and resolve to
steer his ship by chalk marks on her taffrail. At the time great expectations ..."
6. University Addresses by William Watts Folwell (1909)
"As well might a seaman throw overboard his compass and charts, and resolve to
steer his ship by chalk marks on her taffrail. At the time great expectations ..."
7. Encyclopaedia of Ships and Shipping by Herbert B. Mason (1908)
"taffrail. A curved railing upon the upper part of a ship's stern. Tage. Old French
cruiser (1886). Reconstructed 1898. Displacement, 7600 tons ; guns, ..."
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