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GAFF to GANG

GANG-BOARD to GIMBALS

GIMBLETING to Fire-GRAPPLING

GRATINGS to GROUND-TACKLE

GROWING to GUTTER-LEDGE
GROWING
GUARD-BOAT
GUARD-IRONS
GUARD-SHIP
GULF
GUNNEL or GUN-WALE
GUNNER
GUN-ROOM
GUST
GUTTER-LEDGE

GUY to GYBING


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GUNNEL or GUN-WALE

GUNNEL, or GUN-WALE, (plat-bord, Fr.) the upper edge of a ship's side.


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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 142, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
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