Taffrail
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taffrail-201-2841600
title:
Taffrail
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In naval architecture, a taffrail is the handrail around the open deck area toward the stern of a ship or boat. The rear deck of a ship is often called the afterdeck or poop deck. Not all ships have an afterdeck or poop deck. Sometimes taffrail refers to just the curved wooden top of the stern of a sailing man-of-war or East Indiaman ship. These wooden sailing ships usually had hand-carved wooden rails, often highly decorated. Sometimes taffrail refers to the complete deck area at the stern of a
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Handrail around the open deck area toward the stern of a ship
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taffrail
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2023-11-11T22:48:09Z
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