Gunwale
['gʌn(ə)l] or ['ɡʌnl]
Definition
(noun.) wale at the top of the side of boat; topmost planking of a wooden vessel.
Editor: Megan--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The upper edge of a vessel's or boat's side; the uppermost wale of a ship (not including the bulwarks); or that piece of timber which reaches on either side from the quarter-deck to the forecastle, being the uppermost bend, which finishes the upper works of the hull.
Edited by Jason
Definition
n. the wale or upper edge of a ship's side next to the bulwarks so called because the upper guns are pointed from it.
Typist: Michael
Examples
- In another second the boat was in deep water, and Dick, who had never let go the gunwale, leaped in with Alexandros. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Falling over the side, it impeded the yacht's course, and brought her gunwale dangerously near the water. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- A wooden peg, a foot and a half high, with two slight crooks or curves in one side of it and one in the other, projects above the starboard gunwale. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I took another drink of the brandy, then took hold of the two gunwales of the boat and moved forward. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Our gunwales had been torn away, our single sail had been rent to ribbands, and borne down the stream of the wind. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Hold on to both gunwales when you come up. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
Typed by Claus