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fife-rail (iou)



fife-rail noun. E18.
[Origin unkn.]
Nautical. A rail round the mainmast of a sailing ship, with belaying pins for running rigging. Formerly also a rail forming the upper fence of the bulwarks on each side of the quarterdeck and poop in a man-of-war.