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Default Term for the ornate stern of ships like HMS Victory
On Fri, 1 Jan 2010 08:27:38 -0800 (PST), "jim.isbell"
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On Dec 31 2009, 11:02*am, Every time wrote:
Gingerbread! I knew it was something along those lines!

Thanks!

No, that is not it.

Its called the Taffrail.

Look in wikipedia for a picture of a "taffrail."

The term comes from the Dutch word for an ornately decorated stern of
a ship


I did as you directed and read, "A Taffrail is the aftermost railing
around the stern of a ship, often, but not always, ornately carved. A
taffrail log is an object dragged from the stern ..."

Note the "often, but not always, ornately carved".

Try
http://images.google.co.th/images?q=... d=0CCIQsAQwAw
more information on taffrail.

Cheers,

Bruce
(bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom)
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