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Term for the ornate stern of ships like HMS Victory
On Fri, 1 Jan 2010 08:27:38 -0800 (PST), "jim.isbell"
wrote: 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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