Taffrail log

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A mechanical device dragged from the stern of the vessel that indicates the vessel's speed through the water; usually consists of a propeller, a reading unit and a stiff line connecting them.
  2. 2
    a cigar-shaped log with rotary fins that measure the ship's speed wordnet

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