Hypertext Webster Gateway: "driftpiece"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Driftpiece \Drift"piece"\, n. (Shipbuilding)
An upright or curved piece of timber connecting the plank
sheer with the gunwale; also, a scroll terminating a rail.
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