As nouns the difference between gunwale and shear
is that
gunwale is (nautical) the top edge of the hull of a nautical vessel, where it meets the deck while
shear is a cutting tool similar to scissors, but often larger.
As a verb shear is
to cut, originally with a sword or other bladed weapon, now usually with shears, or as if using shears.
As an adjective shear is
.
gunwale Alternative forms
* gunnel
Noun
( en noun)
(nautical) The top edge of the hull of a nautical vessel, where it meets the deck.
See also
* bulwark
References
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shear Verb
To cut, originally with a sword or other bladed weapon, now usually with shears, or as if using shears.
* 1819 , Walter Scott, Ivanhoe :
- So trenchant was the Templar’s weapon, that it shore asunder, as it had been a willow twig, the tough and plaited handle of the mace, which the ill-fated Saxon reared to parry the blow, and, descending on his head, levelled him with the earth.
* Shakespeare
- the golden tresses were shorn away
To remove the fleece from a sheep etc by clipping.
(physics) To deform because of shearing forces.
(Scotland) To reap, as grain.
- (Jamieson)
(figurative) To deprive of property; to fleece.
Noun
( en noun)
a cutting tool similar to scissors, but often larger
* Dryden
- short of the wool, and naked from the shear
the act of shearing, or something removed by shearing
* Youatt
- After the second shearing, he is a two-shear' ram; at the expiration of another year, he is a three-' shear ram; the name always taking its date from the time of shearing.
(physics) a force that produces a shearing strain
(geology) The response of a rock to deformation usually by compressive stress, resulting in particular textures.
Derived terms
* megashear
* shearer
Adjective
(head)
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