单词 | taffrail |
释义 | taffrail/ˈtafreɪl /noun A rail round a ship’s stern.Pamela was not sitting on the deck, but she was standing near the taffrail looking off the stern....
OriginEarly 19th century: alteration (by association with rail1), of obsolete tafferel 'panel', used to denote the flat part of a ship's stern above the transom, from Dutch tafereel. |
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