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nef

Today it means: An extravagant table ornament and container used in the Middle Ages and Renaissance, made in the shape of a ship. Full definition →

French nef

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nef · noun¹

French · borrowed fromnef
English todaynef

Borrowed from French nef. Doublet of nave and nau.

nef · adjective²

Short for numerically effective; introduced by Miles Reid.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.