gun rest vs wale

gun rest and wale both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
gun rest	Yes	No	No	No
wale	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, wale is a hypernym of gun rest; that is, wale is a word with a broader meaning than gun rest:

gun rest: wale at the top of the side of boat; topmost planking of a wooden vessel
wale: thick plank forming a ridge along the side of a wooden ship

Other hypernyms of gun rest include strake.

gun rest (noun)	wale (noun)
wale at the top of the side of boat; topmost planking of a wooden vessel	thick plank forming a ridge along the side of a wooden ship
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