English

gunline

From gun + line.

A compound of gun + line

Middle English gunne

English gun

Proto-Germanic *līną ‘flax’

Proto-Germanic *līnǭ ‘line’

Proto-West Germanic *līnā ‘line’

Old English līne ‘line’

Middle English line ‘rope’

English line

Today it means

noun A line or cable that can be shot across a gap.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.