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Term for the ornate stern of ships like HMS Victory
On Sun, 3 Jan 2010 13:59:14 GMT, Richard van den Berg
wrote: On Sun, 03 Jan 2010 07:57:22 +0700 Bruce In Bangkok ) wrote: 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. Taffrail sounds also very much like "tafereel" and guess what Google gave with "taffrail tafereel": http://www.dictionary.net/taffrail Yes, tafereel translate to " picture, scene, description" in modern Dutch, Cheers, Bruce (bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom) |
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