'tafferel' definitions:

Definition of 'tafferel'

From: GCIDE

Taffrail \Taff"rail\, n. [D. tafereel a panel, picture, fr. tafel table, fr. L. tabula. See Table.] (Naut.) The upper part of a ship's stern, which is flat like a table on the top, and sometimes ornamented with carved work; the rail around a ship's stern. [Written also tafferel.] [1913 Webster]