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) (file)

Noun

gunwale (plural gunwales)

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

Derived terms

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

Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

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