Aplustre

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Aplustre \A*plus"tre\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?.] (Rom. Antiq.)
     An ornamental appendage of wood at the ship's stern, usually
     spreading like a fan and curved like a bird's feather.
     --Audsley.
     [1913 Webster]