different between sailing vs taffrail

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?se?.l??/
• Rhymes: -e?l??

Etymology 1

Verb

sailing

1. present participle of sail

Etymology 2

From Middle English saylinge, seilinge, variants of sailende, seilende; equivalent to sail +? -ing.

Adjective

sailing (not comparable)

1. Travelling by ship.

Derived terms

• sailing boat
• sailing ship
• sailing dinghy
• sailing vessel

Translations

Etymology 3

From Middle English sailyng, seyling; equivalent to sail +? -ing.

Noun

sailing (countable and uncountable, plural sailings)

1. Motion across a body of water in a craft powered by the wind, as a sport or otherwise
2. Navigation; the skill needed to operate and navigate a vessel
3. the time of departure from a port
4. (countable) a scheduled voyage by a ferry or ship.

Derived terms

• clear sailing
• plain sailing

Translations

References

• “sailing”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Anagrams

• Gilanis, ailings, aisling, nilgais

English

Etymology

From either tafferel or aft rail, by false alteration.

Noun

taffrail (plural taffrails)

1. (nautical) The curved wooden top of the stern of a sailing man-of-war or East Indiaman, usually carved or decorated.
2. (nautical) The rail around the stern of a ship.
   • 1833, Edgar Allan Poe, "MS. Found in a Bottle," [1]

     One evening, leaning over the taffrail, I observed a very singular, isolated cloud, to the N.W.

   See also citations under tafferel.

3. (nautical) The deck area at the stern of a vessel.

Alternative forms

• tafferel

Derived terms

• taffrail log

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