fife-railn.

Brit.

/ˈfʌɪfreɪl/, U.S.

/ˈfaɪfˌreɪl/

Etymology: Said by sailors to be so called because the fifer sat on this rail while the anchor was being got in.

Nautical.

†(a) ‘Rails forming the upper fence of the bulwarks on each side of the quarter-deck and poop in men-of-war’ (Adm. Smyth, 1867). Obsolete. (b) The rail round the main-mast, encircling both it and the pumps and furnished with belaying pins for the running rigging.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > part of vessel above water > [noun] > rails or mouldings > at stern or quarter

fife-rail1721

tafferel1805

taffrail1814

necking1822

monkey-rail1840

stern-rail1846

pushpit1964

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > part of vessel above water > [noun] > rails or mouldings > around mainmast

fife-rail1721

1721–1800 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Fife Rails.

1804 A. Duncan Mariner's Chron. Pref. 19 Drift-rails, fife-rails, sheer-rails, waist-rails, etc.

1881 W. C. Russell Ocean Free-lance II. iv. 168 [It] whitened the rigging and the fife-rails.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	fife-rail
释义	fife-railn. Brit. /ˈfʌɪfreɪl/, U.S. /ˈfaɪfˌreɪl/ Etymology: Said by sailors to be so called because the fifer sat on this rail while the anchor was being got in. Nautical. †(a) ‘Rails forming the upper fence of the bulwarks on each side of the quarter-deck and poop in men-of-war’ (Adm. Smyth, 1867). Obsolete. (b) The rail round the main-mast, encircling both it and the pumps and furnished with belaying pins for the running rigging. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > part of vessel above water > [noun] > rails or mouldings > at stern or quarter fife-rail1721 tafferel1805 taffrail1814 necking1822 monkey-rail1840 stern-rail1846 pushpit1964 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > part of vessel above water > [noun] > rails or mouldings > around mainmast fife-rail1721 1721–1800 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Fife Rails. 1804 A. Duncan Mariner's Chron. Pref. 19 Drift-rails, fife-rails, sheer-rails, waist-rails, etc. 1881 W. C. Russell Ocean Free-lance II. iv. 168 [It] whitened the rigging and the fife-rails. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1721
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