"Taffrail" is a word in ENGLISH

To ward the stern of the ship; -- applied to any object in the rear part of a vessel; as …

An ornamental appendage of wood at the ship's stern, usually spreading like a fan and curved like a bird's feather.

In or at the hinder part of a ship; toward the hinder part, or stern; backward; as, to go astern.

A projecting gallery once common at the stern of large ships.

The convexity of a ship behind, under the stern.

Curved arms of timber or iron, projecting over a ship's side of stern, having tackle to raise or lower a …

A Venetian vessel, with a square stern, having only a mainmast, jigger mast, and bowsprit; also a sloop of war …

A frame, like a balcony, projecting from the stern or quarter of a ship, and hence called stern gallery or …

The compass or sharpness of a ship's stern under the water, having a tendency to make her keep a good …

A longitudinal timber, or series of timbers scarfed together, extending from stem to stern along the bottom of a vessel. …

The part of a ship's side where the planking begins to curve toward bow and stern.

The larboard or left side of a ship (looking from the stern toward the bow); as, a vessel heels to …

To enfilade; to fire in a direction with the length of; in naval engagements, to cannonade, as a ship, on …

The after or rear end of a ship or other vessel, or of a boat; the part opposite to the …

The end of a ship's keelson, to which the sternpost is bolted; -- called also stern knee.

The movement of a ship backward, or with her stern foremost.

ulin n stern, the rear end of a ship. v [AN; b6(1)] steer a boat from the stern.