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taff·rail (taf′rāl′)

noun

the rail around the stern of a ship

Etymology: altered (infl. by rail) < tafferel

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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