The rail around the top of the bulwark or rail stanchions of the after end of the weather deck, be it upper, main, raised, quarter, or poop. Some maintain that the word Taff rail is a combination of three words, namely -- the after rail. Others claim it is a misspelling of the Dutch word "Tafareel" which means painting on the stern.
Intonga ejikeleze umphezulu wodonga lokukhusela okanye intsika yomphetho ongasemva womgangatho wemo-zulu, ingaba phezulu, phakathi, iphakame, ibe sisiqingatha okanye umgangatho ophakamileyo kwindawo engasemva esikhepheni. Abanye baligcina eli gama le-Taff tail njengendibanisela yamagama amathathu-- intonga yangasemva. Abanye babanga ukuba eli gama ligama lesiDatshi (Tafa reet) elingazange lipelwe kakuhle, elithetha "ukupeyintwa komva wenqanawe.