Usually means: Device measuring ship's speed, distance.
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  1. taffrail log: Merriam-Webster
  2. taffrail log: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. taffrail log: Vocabulary.com
  4. taffrail log: Wiktionary
  5. taffrail log: Dictionary.com
  6. Taffrail log: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. taffrail log: Rhymezone
  8. taffrail log: FreeDictionary.org
  9. taffrail log: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. taffrail log: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. taffrail log: Encyclopedia

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  1. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)
  2. Taffrail Log, Taffrail Log: Latitude Mexico

Definitions from Wiktionary (taffrail log)

noun:  (nautical) A mechanical device dragged from the stern of the vessel that indicates the vessel's speed through the water; usually consists of a propeller, a reading unit and a stiff line connecting them.

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