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Gunnel vs Ginnel - What's the difference?

gunnel | ginnel |

As nouns the difference between gunnel and ginnel

is that gunnel is an alternative spelling of lang=en while ginnel is a narrow passageway or alley often between terraced houses.

gunnel

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A small eel-shaped marine fish of the genus .

    • Synonyms

    * (eel-shaped fish) gunnel fish, butterfish, rock eel

    Derived terms

    * to the gunnels

    ginnel

    English

    Alternative forms

    * guinnel * gennel

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (British, especially Yorkshire and Lancashire) A narrow passageway or alley often between terraced houses.
  • * 1885 , , Ab-o'th'-Yate in Yankeeland , page 59:
    • … maks things as pleasant as stondin in a ginnel ov a wyndy neet waitin o'th' sweetheart comin out.
  • * 1988 , , Penguin Books 1988, page 169
    • At the end of a short side-street a narrow ginnel with concrete bollards led into the surprisingly wide area in which the blocks of flats stood.

    Synonyms

    * alley, alleyway, passage, passageway