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gun·wale (gun′əl)

noun

the upper edge of the side of a ship or boat

Etymology: LME gonne walle (see gun & wale): first applied to bulwarks supporting a ship's guns

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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