One evening, leaning over the taffrail, I observed a very singular, isolated cloud, to the N.W.
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Taffrail
Synonyms for "taffrail" (1 found)
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Noun(1 words)
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Translations
13 translations across 8 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- coronament noun (rail around the stern of a ship)
Finnish
3 entries- peräkansi noun (deck area at the stern of a vessel)
- peräparras noun (rail around the stern of a ship)
- selkälauta noun (curved wooden top of the stern of a sailing man-of-war or East Indiaman)
Hebrew
2 entries- מַעֲקֶה הַיַּרְכָּתַיִם noun (curved wooden top of the stern of a sailing man-of-war or East Indiaman)
- מַעֲקֶה הַיַּרְכָּתַיִם noun (rail around the stern of a ship)
Irish
3 entries- lifting noun (deck area at the stern of a vessel)
- rancás noun (deck area at the stern of a vessel)
- teafrail noun (deck area at the stern of a vessel)
Manx
1 entries- taffyl noun (deck area at the stern of a vessel)
Middle Irish
1 entries- lipting noun (rail around the stern of a ship)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- lyfting noun (deck area at the stern of a vessel)
Old Irish
1 entries- lipting noun (deck area at the stern of a vessel)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
[…] with heavy, lumber-like pace he was measuring the ship from taffrail to mainmast […]
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