Tafferel
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Tafferel is a noun meaning A carved panel.
Meaning
A carved panel.
More Meanings
- (nautical) The flat upper part of a ship's stern above the transom, often decorated with carvings.
- (nautical) The taffrail.
Example Sentences
Yet we should oftener look over the tafferel of our craft, like curious passengers, and not make the voyage like stupid sailors picking oakum.
A true Chinese junk is a great curiosity; the model must have been taken originally from a bread-trough, being broad and square at both ends—when light, (I speak of a large one,) it is full thirty feet from the surface of the water to the tafferel, or the highest part of the poop.
Word Forms
- tafferels
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include tefilla, tefah, tebam, taqqanah, omer, tfillin.
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