gunter

¹ American  

[guhn-ter] / ˈgʌn tər /

noun

Nautical.

1. a jib-headed sail fastened to a vertical spar that is attached to a short mast, usually by two rings, in such a way that the spar can slide up the mast to spread the sail.

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Gunter ² American  

[guhn-ter] / ˈgʌn tər /

noun

1. Edmund, 1581–1626, English mathematician and astronomer: inventor of various measuring instruments and scales.

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Gunter British  

/ ˈɡʌntə /

noun

1. Edmund. 1581–1626, English mathematician and astronomer, who invented various measuring instruments, including Gunter's chain

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Etymology

Origin of gunter

First recorded in 1670–80; named after Edmund Gunter for its resemblance to an instrument using his principles

Example Sentences

Knowing most of those e-mails wouldn’t get through the spam filters, I also posted it to every gunter message board.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

When Fyndoro’s Tablet of Finding went up for auction, a huge bidding war broke out between several of the large gunter clans.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

The big gunter clans had once again banded together to launch a coordinated attack on the Sixers’ forces.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

Over the past five years, I’d worked my way down the entire recommended gunter reading list.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

But I was a gunter, so I didn’t think of them as quaint low-res antiques.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline