Fife rail
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fife-rail-324-4573191
title:
Fife rail
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A fife rail is a design element of a European-style sailing ship used to belay the ship's halyards at the base of a mast. When surrounding a mast, a fife rail is sometimes referred to specifically by the name of the mast with which it is associated: the main fife rail surrounds the main mast; the mizzen fife rail surrounds the mizzen mast, etc. It is one of a dozen or so types of "rails" often found on such ships. Fife rails are typically horizontal strips of either wood or iron and are joined a
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fife_rail
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2023-06-10T13:55:52Z
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