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tafferel (ˈtæfərəl, ˈtæfrəl) Also 7 taffer(r)ell, 8 -eral, -eril, -rill, 8–9 -arel, 9 -aril, -rel. [a. Du. tafereel panel, picture, dim. of tafel table (for *tafeleel, with dissimilation of l..l to r..l). The 19th c. corruption to taffrail, with accompanying change of sense, shows confusion of the e...
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taffrail
taffrail Naut. (ˈtæfreɪl) Also tafrail. [A 19th c. alteration of tafferel, due to false etymology, the termination -rel being taken as rail.] The aftermost portion of the poop-rail of a ship.1814 Chron. in Ann. Reg. 176/2 We crossed his stern, our jib-boom passing over his tafrail. 1823 Scoresby Jrn...
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John Henry Johnstone
, a one-act farce by Thomas Attwood to an O'Keeffe text, had Incledon as Lieutenant Tafferel and Johnstone as Pat Plunket (who sang "Brave Betty was a
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traffle
† traffle obs. variant of tafferel, taffrail.1805 in Nicolas Disp. Nelson (1846) VII. 156 note, A Spanish two-decker..waved an English Jack from her traffle.
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