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Term for the ornate stern of ships like HMS Victory
On Sat, 2 Jan 2010 08:16:41 -0800 (PST), "jim.isbell"
wrote: 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. First you state that taffrail comes from the Dutch word for an ornate stern of a ship and then you state that it comes from the word that specifically refers to an ornately decorated stern rail. I don't think you can have it both ways. Either the term applies to a stern or a rail. The closest word in Dutch might be "tafel" - which means table. Gebeeldhouwd means carved and a carved railing would be gebeeldhouwd hekwerk. Cheers, Bruce (bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom) |
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