See Also: Fife(tourism)
fife(dictionary)
fife(dictionary)
Fife(encyclopedia)
fife-rail(dictionary)
Fife hotels(tourism)
rook(dictionary)
rook(encyclopedia)
rook(5)(dictionary)
rook(4)(dictionary)

fife-rail (iou) and rook (oh)


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.

rook (oh)



[Sense: 1; Origin: Old English hroc]
[Sense: 2; Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: roc, from Arabic rukhkh, from Persian]
a large black European bird like a crow
one of the pieces in a game of chess
-synonym castle castle