the upper edge of the side of a ship or boat
Origin of gunwale
Late Middle English gonne walle (see gun and wale): first applied to bulwarks supporting a ship's gunsgunwale
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gunwale
also gun·nel
noun
NauticalThe upper edge of the side of a vessel. See Usage Note at boatswain.
Origin of gunwale
So called because guns were mounted on itTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(plural gunwales)
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