taffrail log

1. 1.

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

   Synonymspatent logscrew log

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Questions about taffrail log

What does taffrail log mean?

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

What is another word for taffrail log?

Close synonyms include patent log, screw log. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is taffrail log a common word?

taffrail log is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.