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TAFFRAIL LOG

Dictionary entry overview: What does taffrail log mean?

• TAFFRAIL LOG (noun)
The noun TAFFRAIL LOG has 1 sense:

1. a cigar-shaped log with rotary fins that measure the ship's speed

Familiarity information: TAFFRAIL LOG used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• TAFFRAIL LOG (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A cigar-shaped log with rotary fins that measure the ship's speed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

patent log; screw log; taffrail log

Hypernyms ("taffrail log" is a kind of...):

log (measuring instrument that consists of a float that trails from a ship by a knotted line in order to measure the ship's speed through the water)

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