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taffarel

taffarel is the obsolete form of taffrail.

Meaning of taffrail

Noun

taffrail (plural taffrails)

  1. The curved wooden top of the stern of a sailing man-of-war or East Indiaman, usually carved or decorated.
  2. The rail around the stern of a ship.
    • One evening, leaning over the taffrail, I observed a very singular, isolated cloud, to the N.W.1833, Edgar Allan Poe, MS. Found in a Bottle
  3. The deck area at the stern of a vessel.

Forms of taffarel

pluraltaffarels

Questions about taffarel

What is taffarel the obsolete form of?
Taffarel is the obsolete form of taffrail.

Words near taffarel in the dictionary

  1. tafelspitz
  2. tafenoquine
  3. TAFEs
  4. taff
  5. Taff's Well
  6. taffarel
  7. taffarels
  8. taffata
  9. taffaties
  10. taffaty
  11. Taffe

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