Hypertext Webster Gateway: "taffrail"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Taffrail \Taff"rail\, n. [D. tafereel a panel, picture, fr.
tafel table, fr. L. tabula. See {Table}.] (Naut.)
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. [Written also {tafferel}.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
taffrail
n : the railing around the stern of a ship
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