gunwale

English

Alternative forms

• gunnel

Etymology

From Middle English gonnewalle, itself from gonne (“gun”) + wale, as it used to support the ship's guns; equivalent to gun +‎ wale.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡʌnəl/
• Rhymes: -ʌnəl

• Audio (US):

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Noun

gunwale (plural gunwales)

1. The top edge of the hull of a nautical vessel, where it meets the deck.

Derived terms

• gunwaled
• to the gunwales

Translations

top edge of the side of a boat

• Bulgarian: планшир (bg) m (planšir)
• Catalan: borda (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 舷邊 / 舷边 (xiánbiān), 舷 (zh) (xián)

• Dutch: dolboord (nl) n
• Finnish: reelinki (fi)
• French: plat-bord (fr) m
• German: Dollbord (de)
• Irish: gar-adhmaid m pl, gunail f, slat bhoird f
• Italian: falchetta (it) f
• Japanese: ガンネル (ganneru), 舷 (ja) (ふなべり, funaberi)
• Maori: niao, kāpuku, kāpuku
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ripe (no) m or f, båtripe m or f, esing m or f

  Nynorsk: ripe f, båtripe f, esing m or f

• Polish: reling (pl)
• Portuguese: aposturas f pl, amurada (pt) f
• Russian: планши́р (ru) m (planšír) / планши́рь (ru) m (planšírʹ)
• Spanish: borda (es) f
• Swedish: reling (sv) c
• Thai: แคม (th) (kɛɛm)
• Welsh: gynwal m, gynwalc m

See also

• bulwark

References

• “gunwale” in Webster’s Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary: Based on Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, 7th edition, Springfield, Mass.: G[eorge] & C[harles] Merriam, 1963 (1967 printing), →OCLC.