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Gunwale : (noun)
1: wale at the top of the side of boat; topmost planking of a
wooden vessel [syn: gunnel, gun rest]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Gunwale : \Gun"wale\, n. [Gun _ wale. So named because the upper
guns were pointed from it.] (Naut.)
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. [Written also gunnel.]
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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