gunnel

Examples

• All

• "That's right, correct your grammar, and it'll carry you far in this life," he said as he struggled to climb over the gunnel.

  Fiction book (1995)

• Kerchiefed, she sat like a man with her feet apart on the gunnel.

  Fiction book (1996)

• And stay low in the gunnel.

  The River Wild (1994)

• I lowered myself over the stern, worked my hands along the gunnel to the bow to get situated, and let go.

  Fiction book (1995)

• Rain and tide had filled the skiff to its gunnels.

  Fiction book (1997)

• He grabbed the gunnel and lifted his chin over the side so I could take the thermos.

  Fiction book (1995)

• He stayed with the boat, clinging to a gunnel, and called, screamed for Paul.

  Fiction book (1996)

• He waded into the surf, still washing high, and whiffed a small grappling hook over its gunnel, hauling it near enough to grab and drag clear.

  Fiction book (1997)

• The boats commonly have walk boards above the gunnels on which the fishermen stand while tonging (Fig. 102, 103).

  Academic text (1996)

• The crew worked diligently to repair the crack in the gunnel before setting sail.

Synonyms

G

gunwale

vsgunnel

• Specialized

3 9.9

The top edge of the side of a boat or ship you can hold to steady yourself

is the same meaning but a different spelling variant

G

gun rest

vsgunnel

• Jargon

9.9

The top board on the side of a wooden boat that makes the side stronger

is the same top edge but applies beyond wooden planked vessels

Compounds

R

rock gunnel

• UK

9.9

A long slim fish with no scales that lives in northern Atlantic waters and people eat

Surface Forms

Etymology