noun

• A rail and ornamentation round a ship's stern.

  ‘Pamela was not sitting on the deck, but she was standing near the taffrail looking off the stern.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘Hands quickly reached for taffrails, stanchions, ratlines or some sort of support, and, a moment later, Raven spun the wheel with all her strength to the right until the helm was hard over.’
  • ‘As soon as they passed the helmsman, he pulled her to the taffrail.’
  • ‘He listened to his steps retreat to the taffrail.’
  • ‘He noted Kennedy at the taffrail looking back towards whence they had come.’