A wire that leads from a point near the end of a gaff to a point near the other end. A block travels along this wire, and a halyard is attached to the block. This allows the gaff to be raised to the vertical by a single halyard.

plural of gunter

(obsolete) A male given name from the Germanic languages used in medieval England. / A surname. / A city in Grayson County, Texas, United States.

Alternative form of Gunter's chain

plural of Gunter's chain

A sixty-six-foot-long (i.e. four-rod-long) surveyor's chain divided into one hundred links.

plural of Gunter's Chain

plural of Gunter's line

plural of Gunter's scale

A wooden rule, two feet long, on one side of which is marked scales of equal parts, of chords, sines, tangents, rhombs, etc., and on the other side scales of logarithms of these various parts, by means of which many problems in navigation and surveying may be solved mechanically, using only divides.