What is an ornamental appendage of wood at the ship's stern, usually spreading like a fan and curved like a bird's feather. Audsley called?
aplustre — An ornamental appendage of wood at the ship's stern, usually spreading like a fan and curved like a bird's feather. Audsley. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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