Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tafferel

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: taffer-el
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A carved panel.

noun

The flat upper part of a ship's stern above the transom, often decorated with carvings.

noun

Example Sentences

"A true Chinese junk is a great curiosity; the model must have been taken originally from a bread-trough, being broad and square at both ends—when light, (I speak of a large one,) it is full thirty feet from the surface of the water to the tafferel, or the highest part of the poop."
"Yet we should oftener look over the tafferel of our craft, like curious passengers, and not make the voyage like stupid sailors picking oakum."

Etymology

From Dutch tafereel (“panel, picture”), diminutive of tafel (“table”), from Latin tabula (“table”).

Origin

Source language: Dutch

Word Breakdown

Root: tafereel, tabula

Inflected Forms

tafferels (plural)

Questions

What does tafferel mean?: A carved panel.
Where does tafferel come from?: It is traced to Dutch.

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