gunnel

Other forms of gunnel

plural

gunnels·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about gunnel

What does gunnel mean?

gunnel means "wale at the top of the side of boat; topmost planking of a wooden vessel". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in gunnel?

gunnel has 2 syllables: gun-nel. The stress falls on "gun".

What is another word for gunnel?

Close synonyms include gunwale, gun rest, bracketed blenny. 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 gunnel a common word?

gunnel is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.