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  2  definitions  found 
 
  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  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  taffrail 
  n  :  the  rail  around  the  stern  of  a  ship 




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