Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.

Gunwale

Definition: Gunwale

Gunwale

Noun

1. Wale at the top of the side of boat; topmost planking of a wooden vessel.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "gunwale" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1813. (references)

Note: Gunwale \Gun"wale\, noun. [Gun wale. So named because the upper guns were pointed from it.]. (Websters 1913)


Specialty Definitions: Gunwale

DomainDefinitions

Food & Agriculture

The upper edge of the bulwarks or the upper strake of a boat's planking, particularly its upper edge. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Top     

Specialty Definition: Gunwale

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

The gunwale, pronounced "gunnel", is the top edge of the side of a boat. Originally the "Gun Wall" on a sailing ship of war. This would be the wall behind which the cannons were mounted. In modern boats, cannons are no longer standard equipment, but the designation remains.

On a canoe, the gunwale is typically the widened edge at the top of the side of the boat, where the edge is reinforced with wood, plastic or aluminum.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Gunwale."

Top     

Synonyms: Gunwale

Synonyms: gun rest (n), gunnel (n). (additional references)

Top     

Crosswords: Gunwale

English words defined with "gunwale": DriftpieceFish fall, Fish-tackle, Free boardNettingoarlockpeg, pin, PortoiserowlockSheer strake, Span iron, splashboardthole, tholepin, Timberhead, To lower the yards a-portoisewashboard. (references)
Specialty definitions using "gunwale": ASSEMBLER, DECK AND HULLdeck and hull assemblermolded depthwash strake, waste board. (references)

Top     

Photo Album: Gunwale

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

Fig. 1 - Hurdy-gurdy to haul trawls in deep water Fig. 2 - Dory showing mode of attaching and using the hurdy-gurdy Fig. 3 - Trawl roller attached to dory gunwale for hauling trawls in shoal water Drawings by Capt. J.W. Collins. Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Top     

Usage Frequency: Gunwale

"Gunwale" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Gunwale" is used about 24 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%2471,196

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

Top     

Expression: Gunwale

Expression using "gunwale": rounded gunwale. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Top     

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Gunwale

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

gunwale

6
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Top     

Modern Translations: Gunwale

Language Translations for "gunwale"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Arabic 

  

‏الشفير الحافة العليا من المركب (edge). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

перило (handrail, rail), планшир. (various references)

   

Danish

  

skandaek (gunnel), raeling (fending, gangway, gunnel), essing (gunnel). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

schandek (gunnel), schampdek (gunnel), dolboord (gunnel). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

parras (brim, brink, edge, rail, verge). (various references)

   

French

  

plat-bord (Gunnel). (various references)

   

German

  

Schiffsrand (gunnel), Schandeckel (gunwales), Dollbord (wheal), Bootsrand (gunnel). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

κουπαστή (bulwark, rowlock). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

hajóperem (bends). (various references)

   

Italian

  

trincarino (gutter waterway, waterway), soglia (sill, threshold), frisata (gunnel), capodibanda (gunnel), capo di banda. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

. (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

'"とう (demotion, magic lantern, running lights, severe winter, slide projector, the field, the parade ground, unrefined sugar, winter). (various references)

   

Manx

  

boayrd yn ushtey. (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

reling. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

unwalegay

   

Portuguese

  

armeiro (armorer, armory, armourer, armoury, gunman), alcatrate (gunnel). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

margine a bordului. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

планшир (gunnel). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

bran, abran (an oar-patch on a boat's gunwale). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

najviša oplata brodskog trupa. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

regala ** (gunnel), margen de trancanil * (gunnel), lomo del cañón, borda ** (gunnel). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

reling (gunnel, rail). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

küpeşte (bulwark), borda trizi. (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

планшир (gunnel, washboard). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Top     

Ancestral Language Translations: Gunwale

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

marginem. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Top     

Derivations & Misspellings: Gunwale

Derivations

Words beginning with "gunwale": gunwales. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Gunwale" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Cunwald, Gandale, Grunewald, Guenage, gunals, gunswale, Gunwalloe, gunwhale. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Top     

Rhyming with "Gunwale"

Words rhyming with "gunwale" (pronounced 'Gun"wale'): Lichwale. (additional references)

Top     

Anagrams: Gunwale

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-g-l-n-u-w"

-1 letter: lagune, langue, wangle.

-2 letters: angel, angle, genua, glean, lunge, ulnae.

-3 letters: ague, anew, egal, elan, gaen, gale, gane, gaun, genu, glen, glue, gnaw, guan, lane, lang, lawn, lean, luge, luna, lune, lung, ulan, ulna, wage, wale, wane, waul, weal, wean.

-4 letters: age, ale, ane, awe, awl, awn, eau, eng, gae, gal, gan, gel, gen.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-g-l-n-u-w"
 

+1 letter: gunwales.

 

+3 letters: loungewear.

 

+5 letters: caterwauling, unwaveringly.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.

Top     

Alternative Orthography: Gunwale


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

47 75 6E 77 61 6C 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

=

Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

--.    ..-    -.    .--.    .-    .-..    .

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000111 01110101 01101110 01110111 01100001 01101100 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#71 &#117 &#110 &#119 &#97 &#108 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0047 0075 006E 0077 0061 006C 0065

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

41878089677871

Top     

Non-English Dictionaries with "Gunwale"

LanguageCoverageLanguage Translations

Arabic

‏معجم, ‏قاموس, ‏الوضوحية في الشيء, ‏حد, ‏تحديد, ‏تعريف, ‏التحديد, ‏الإيضاحية, ‏ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ‏ترجمة, ‏إفتتان‏العربية, ‏عربي, ‏اللغة العربية, арабски език, арабски, arabialainen, arabe, arabisch, αραβικόσ, arab, arabo, Arabish, arabic, арабский, arapski, árabe, arabisk, arapça, arap, araplara özgü, арабська мова, арабський

Bulgarian

речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод‏البلغارية, ‏بلغاري, български, български език, българин, bulgarer, bulgarialainen, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, bolgár, bulgaro, Bulgeyragh, Bulgeyrish, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili, болгарський

Danish

ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse‏لغة الدانمركية, ‏نوع كعك, ‏دانماركي, датски език, датски, tanskalainen, danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, dán, danese, Danvargish, Danvargagh, dinamarquês, danez, датский, danski, danski jezik, danés, dansk, danimarkalı, danimarka dili, датський, датська мова

Dutch

woordenboek, definitie, translatie‏هولندي, ‏اللغة الهولندية, холандски, немски език, холандски език, холандците, немски, hollandsk, hollantilainen, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, holland, olandese, Ollanish, Germaanish, nederlandsk, holandês, olandez, nemţesc, limba olandezã, german, голландский, holanđanin, u škripcu, holandski, holandés, holländsk, alman, eş, flemenkçe, holandaca, hollanda, karı, hollandalı, hollandalılara özgü olan, Hollandali, hollanda'ya ait, голландська мова, голландський

Finnish

määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutos‏اللغة الفنلندية, ‏فنلندية, ‏فنلندي, фински език, фински, suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, finn, finlandese, Fynlannish, Fynlannagh, finlandês, finês, finlandezã, финский, finski jezik, finski, finlandés, finés, finsk, fince, finlandiya'ya özgü, фінська мова, фінський

French

dictionnaire, définition, traduction‏اللغة الفرنسية, ‏فرنسي, ‏الشعب الفرنسي, френски език, френски, ranskalainen, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francia, francese, フレコン化 , 仏文 , フランス" , 仏 , ふつぶ", ふつ, フレンチ , フランセ , Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, francês, francezii, franţuzesc, francezã, francez, franţuzeşte, французский, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, fransk, franska, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький

German

wörterbuch, Übersetzung‏ضرب من الرقص, ‏جرماني, ‏الماني, ‏اللغة الألمانية, ‏المانية, германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, tysker, Duitse, saksalainen, allemand, deutsch, Deutsche, "ερμανός, német, tedesco, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , Germaanish, Germaanagh, Garmane, Carmane, alemão, neamţ, немецкий, germanski, alemán, tysk, alman, німкеня, німецький, німець

Greek

λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση‏يوناني, ‏اللغة اليونانية, ‏الإغريقي, гръцки език, гръцки, грък, græker, kreikkalainen, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, görög, greco, ギリシア語 , ギリシア", Greagish, Greagagh, grego, greacã, греческий, грек, grčki, grk, grčki jezik, griego, grek, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum, грецький, гречанка, грецька мова

Hungarian

szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás‏مجري, ‏المجري, ‏الهنغاري, ‏هنغاري, ‏اللغة الهنغارية, унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, ungarer, Hongaarse, unkarilainen, hongrois, Ungar, Ούγγρος, magyar, ungherese, Ungaarish, Ungaaragh, unguresc, limba ungarã, limba maghiarã, ungureşte, ungur, maghiar, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, ungrare, macarca, macar, угорська мова, угорський, угорка, угорець

Italian

dizionario, definizione, traduzione‏الإيطالي, ‏اللغة الإيطالية, ‏إيطالي, ‏شخص إيطالي, италиански език, италиански, италианец, italiener, italialainen, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, olasz, italiano, Iddaalish, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, italianã, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italijan, italijanski jezik, italijanski, italiensk, italienska, italienare, italyanca, italyan, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка

Japanese Kanji

辭典 , 辞典 , 字引 , 辞林 , 字書 , ディーゼル電気車 , 言海 , 辞彙 , 辞書 , 確定 , ディーゼル電気車 , デ'ドロ酢酸 , 翻訳 ‏يابانية, ‏ياباني, ‏اليابانية, ‏اللغة اليابانية, японски език, японци, японски, japanilainen, Japonais, japaner, japanisch, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· "ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, japán, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", Shapaanagh, Shapaanish, japonês, japonezã, японский, японец, japanski, japanski jezik, japanac, japonés, japansk, Japonca, японська мова, японський, японка, японець

Japanese Katakana

じい, じびき, じて", ディクショナリー , じり", じしょ, '"かい, ディクショナリ , デフィニション , ディフィニション , ていぎ, かくてい, へい"ういどう, やくじゅつ, トランスレーション , やくしょ, やくしゅつ, "うどく, ほ"やく, ほ"やくしょ‏يابانية, ‏ياباني, ‏اليابانية, ‏اللغة اليابانية, японски език, японци, японски, japanilainen, Japonais, japaner, japanisch, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· "ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, japán, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", Shapaanagh, Shapaanish, japonês, japonezã, японский, японец, japanski, japanski jezik, japanac, japonés, japansk, Japonca, японська мова, японський, японка, японець

Manx

fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baghtmanx, mann-szigeti nyelv, Manninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, язык жителей о-ва мэн, с о-ва мэн, s ostrva mana, los habitantes de la isla de man, lengua de la isla de man, de la isla de man, från ön man, man adası, man dili, менський, менський діалект

Norwegian

‏نرويجى, ‏النرويجية, ‏النرويجى, ‏اللغة النروجية, норвежка, норвежки език, норвежки, норвежец, nordmand, norjalainen, norvégien, Norweger, Νορβηγός, νορβηγόσ, νορβηγικόσ, norvég, norvegese, Norlannish, Norlannagh, Loghlynagh, Loghlynish, norsk, norueguês, norvegianã, norvegian, норвежский, norvežanin, norveški jezik, norveški, noruego, norrman, norveçli, Norveçce, Norveçlí, norveççe, norveç, норвежці, норвезька мова, норвезький, норвежець

Portuguese

dicionário, definição, tradução‏اللغة البرتغالية, ‏البرتغالية, ‏البرتغالي, португалски, португалски език, португалец, portugiser, portugalilainen, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, portoghese, ポルトガル語 , ポルトガル", Portiugish, Portiugagh, português, portughez, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugués, portugis, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, португальський, португальська мова, португалець

Romanian

dicţionar, definiţie, determinare, definire, translaţie, traducere, tãlmãcireрумънски език, румънски, румънец, rumæner, Roemeens, romanialainen, Roumain, rumäne, ρουμανόσ, Ρουμάνος, román, rumeno, Roomainagh, romeno, român, румынский, румын, rumunski jezik, rumunski, rumano, rumänsk, румунський, румунка, румунська мова, румун

Russian

словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение‏روسي, ‏اللغة الروسية, ‏الروسية, руски език, руски, руснак, russer, venäläinen, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, orosz, russo, ロシア語 , ロシア", Rooshish, Rooshagh, russisk, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, ryss, Rusça, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський

Scottish

foclair, abardair, faclair, briathrachanшотландски, Schots, skotlantilainen, écossais, schottisch, σκωτσέζικο, σκωτικόσ, skót, scozzese, Albinagh, escocês, scoţian, шотландский, škotski jezik, škotski, škotlanđani, escocés, skotsk, iskoçyalı, шотланський, шотландський діалект, шотландці

Serbo-Croatian

leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenjeserbokroatisch, servo-croata, sârbo-croat, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk

Spanish

diccionario, definición, traducción‏اللغة الأسبانية, ‏الأسبانية, ‏أسباني, испански език, испански, Spaans, espanjalainen, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spanyol, spagnolo, スペイン語 , スパイ罪 , スペイン", スパニッシュ , Spaainish, Spaainagh, espanhol, spaniol, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca, іспанський, іспанська мова

Swedish

ordbok, lexikon, definition, översättning‏اللغة السويدية, шведски, шведски език, швед, Zweeds, ruotsalainen, suédois, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, svedese, スウェーデン語 , スウェーデン", Soolynish, Soolynagh, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, шведська мова, шведський

Turkish

sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme‏تركي أحد أبناء تركيا, ‏اللغة التركية, турски език, турски, turkkilainen, turque, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, török, Yn Turkish, Turkagh, turcesc, turc, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türkçe, türk, турецький, турецька мова

Ukranian

словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення

English

Dictionary, Definition, Translation‏الإنجليزية, ‏الأنكليزي, ‏إنكليزي, ‏ترجمة إنكليزية, ‏اللغة الإنكليزية, английски език, английски, англичаните, englantia, englantilainen, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, angol, inglese, Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh, inglês, englezesc, английский, beurla, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, engelsk, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce, англійський, англійці, англійська мова
 


INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Images: Photo Album
5. Usage Frequency
6. Expressions
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern
9. Translations: Ancient
10. Derivations
11. Rhymes
12. Anagrams
13. Orthography
14. Bibliography


  

Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.