💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Gunnage"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| gunnerynoun | (uncountable) The firing of guns. |
| gunnadenoun | (nautical, historical) A naval artillery piece, variant of the carronade, developed by the British navy circa 1820 CE. |
| gunnynoun | (uncountable) A coarse heavy fabric made of jute or hemp. |
| gunner's daughternoun | (archaic, idiomatic, naval) The gun to which sailors were tied to be flogged. |
| gun linenoun | (military) the tactical firing position of artillery or naval guns |
| gunboatingnoun | The use of gunboats (small armed vessels). |
| gaugenoun | A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard |
| quarter gunnernoun | (nautical) A petty officer who assists the gunner. |
| great gunnoun | (figurative) A person of great importance or talent. |
| gunlinenoun | A line or cable that can be shot across a gap. |
| gunnelnoun | A small eel-shaped marine fish of the family Pholidae, especially Pholis gunnellus. |
| galleynoun | (nautical) The cookroom or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft; sometimes on merchant vessels called the caboose. |
| wall gunnoun | (historical) A smoothbore firearm, like a scaled-up infantry musket, used between the 16th and 18th centuries by defending forces to break the advance of enemy troops. |
| bigunnoun | Alternative form of biggun. [(informal) A large thing.] |
| line gunnoun | (nautical, orienteering, search and rescue) A firearm designed to shoot a rope across a distance, usually used to pass lines from one ship to another. |
| lee gaugenoun | (obsolete, naval) The position of a sailing vessel leeward of another in battle, often restricting manoeuvrability and gunnery. |
| gunneressnoun | (nonstandard, rare) A female gunner. |
| gigfulnoun | The number of songs that can be performed during a gig (performing engagement by a musician or musical group). |
| gallynoun | Archaic form of galley. [(nautical, historical) A long, slender ship propelled primarily by oars, whether having masts and sails or not; usually a rowed warship used in the Mediterranean from the 16th century until the modern era.] |
| weather gaugenoun | (obsolete, naval) An advantageous position of one sailing vessel with respect to another, because of the direction of the prevailing wind, that allows it to maneuver for an attack etc. |
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