"gunnel" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɡʌnəl/ [UK], /ˈɡʌn.l̩/ [US] Forms: gunnels [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌnəl Etymology: From Middle English gonnewalle, itself from gonne (“gun”) + wale, as it used to support the ship's guns; equivalent to gun + wale. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|gonnewalle}} Middle English gonnewalle, {{compound|en|gun|wale}} gun + wale Head templates: {{en-noun}} gunnel (plural gunnels)
  1. Alternative spelling of gunwale Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: gunwale
    Sense id: en-gunnel-en-noun-DbZgetp5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 83 17
  2. A small eel-shaped marine fish of the family Pholidae, especially Pholis gunnellus. Categories (lifeform): Zoarcoid fish Synonyms (eel-shaped fish): gunnel fish, butterfish, rock eel
    Sense id: en-gunnel-en-noun-28zLvjxz Disambiguation of Zoarcoid fish: 30 70 Disambiguation of 'eel-shaped fish': 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: to the gunnels

Inflected forms

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