gunwales
Meaning of gunwales
plural noun
the upper edge or planking of the side of a boat or ship.
late Middle English: from gun + wale (because it was formerly used to support guns).
Information about gunwales
- It is a name.
- The singular form of gunwales is: gunwale.
- Languages in which gunwales is used:
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Hyphenation of gunwales
gun-wales
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- gunwales is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
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