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Term for the ornate stern of ships like HMS Victory
On Jan 1, 6:34*pm, Bruce In Bangkok wrote:
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 That is the "newer" definition. It comes from the original Dutch which SPECIFICALLY refers to an ornately decorated stern rail. Wikipedia shows a picture of the stern of such a ship in their definition. Later it came to refer to ONLY the upper rail. But the original poster wanted to know the term to refer to the ornately decorated stern. Taffrail IS that term. Gingerbread is a landlubber term for the decorations under the eves of the house often seen at the peak of the roof. It does not refer to a boat. 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". Tryhttp://images.google.co.th/images?q=taffrail&oe=utf-8&rls=com.ubuntu:... more information on taffrail. Cheers, Bruce (bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom) |
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