taffrail

English

Etymology

From either tafferel or aft rail, by false alteration.

Noun

taffrail (plural taffrails)

(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.
- 1833, Edgar Allan Poe, MS. Found in a Bottle‎:
  One evening, leaning over the taffrail, I observed a very singular, isolated cloud, to the N.W.
- 1851, Herman Melville, chapter 29, in Moby-Dick‎:
  […] with heavy, lumber-like pace he was measuring the ship from taffrail to mainmast […]
- See also citations under tafferel.
(nautical) The deck area at the stern of a vessel.

Alternative forms

tafferel

Derived terms

taffrail log

Descendants

→ Dhivehi: ތަފުރީލު (tafurīlu)

Translations

curved wooden top of the stern of a sailing man-of-war or East Indiaman

Finnish: selkälauta
Hebrew: מַעֲקֶה הַיַּרְכָּתַיִם (he) m (ma'ake hayarkatayim)

rail around the stern of a ship

Catalan: coronament m
Finnish: peräparras
Hebrew: מַעֲקֶה הַיַּרְכָּתַיִם (he) m (ma'ake hayarkatayim)
Irish: ^{(please verify)} teafrail f, ^{(please verify)} lifting f, ^{(please verify)} rancás m
Middle Irish: lipting f
Manx: ^{(please verify)} taffyl

deck area at the stern of a vessel

Finnish: peräkansi
Irish: teafrail f, lifting f, rancás m
Manx: taffyl
Norwegian:
Nynorsk: lyfting m
Old Irish: lipting f

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