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prettygoodwordtaffrail (TAF-rayl) - (naut.) n., the handrail around the stern of a ship.
Also sometimes in general the upper part of a stern or the deck area at the stern of a vessel. This was an alteration of either a) Dutch tafereel, from Middle Dutch Middle Dutch tafeleel/tafereel, a carved/painted panel, from Old French tablel (ancestor of tableau), from Latin tabula, table, or b) aft rail.
---L.
Also sometimes in general the upper part of a stern or the deck area at the stern of a vessel. This was an alteration of either a) Dutch tafereel, from Middle Dutch Middle Dutch tafeleel/tafereel, a carved/painted panel, from Old French tablel (ancestor of tableau), from Latin tabula, table, or b) aft rail.
---L.
