gunwale

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The starboard one was in better condition The starboard cutter will float, sir; her gunwale is all torn away, but there are rollocks enough to pull Let her be cleared away and lowered down, Mr Hippesley.

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  1. noun Nautical The upper edge of the side of a vessel.

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  • They couldn't find Renny left the rest unsaid and clutched for the gunwale, as the launch heeled far over in making a quarter turn. —  013 - Meteor Menace
  • This rod forms the gunwale, which is secured by strings to the ribs. —  The Prairie Traveler A Hand-book for Overland Expeditions
  • "Now we can raise a snow-wall as high as the gunwale, and if we like we can make it ten feet thick, for we've plenty of materials That's an excellent idea," answered the doctor. —  The English at the North Pole Part I of the Adventures of Captain Hatteras
  • The starboard one was in better condition The starboard cutter will float, sir; her gunwale is all torn away, but there are rollocks enough to pull Let her be cleared away and lowered down, Mr Hippesley. —  Percival Keene
  • It took them till noon to clear away the sand as far down as the gunwale, as of course it was necessary to dig a much wider space all round the boat than simply her width. —  The Three Admirals
 

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  1. So called because guns were mounted on it.
 

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/ˈgunˈwejl, gunl/
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