taffrail

英 ['tæfreɪl] 美 ['tæfrəl]

taffrail (n.): 1814, alteration of tafferel (1704) "upper panel on the stern of a ship (often ornamented)," earlier, "a carved panel" (1620s), from Dutch tafereel "panel for painting or carving," dissimulation from *tafeleel, diminutive of tafel "table," from the general West Germanic borrowing of Latin tabula "slab, board" (see table (n.)). The word developed in Dutch from the custom of ornamenting (by painting or carving) the high, flat stern of old sailing ships; spelling and sense altered in English by influence of rail (n.).

1. I levelled my glance towards the taffrail, foreboding shivers ran over me.: 我把眼睛向船尾拦杆一瞄, 顿时浑身掠过一阵预兆性的寒颤.

2. Sometimes Laura and I lean over the taffrail and that is happiness.: 有时,劳拉和我一起倚在船尾栏杆上,这对我是一种幸福.