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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: fife rail
fife rail
n : the railing surrounding the mast of a sailing vessel
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Fife rail
Fife
\Fife\ (f[imac]f), n. [F. fifre, OHG. pf[=i]fa, LL. pipa
pipe, pipare to play on the pipe, fr. L. pipire, pipare, to
peep, pip, chirp, as a chiken. See
Pipe.] (Mus.)
A small shrill pipe, resembling the piccolo flute, used
chiefly to accompany the drum in military music.
[1913 Webster]
Fife major (Mil.), a noncommissioned officer who
superintends the fifers of a regiment.
Fife rail. (Naut.)
(a) A rail about the mast, at the deck, to hold belaying
pins, etc.
(b) A railing around the break of a poop deck.
[1913 Webster]
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