gun rest

1. 1.

   wale at the top of the side of boat; topmost planking of a wooden vessel

   Synonymsgunwalegunnel

   Broaderwale

Questions about gun rest

What does gun rest mean?

gun rest means "wale at the top of the side of boat; topmost planking of a wooden vessel".

What is another word for gun rest?

Close synonyms include gunwale, gunnel. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is gun rest a common word?

gun rest is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.