gunwale
3
9.9
- noun
- /ˈɡʌnəl/
- Specialized
:
bordo
- It must have been up to the gunwales.
Examples
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Fish filled the boats to the gunwales.
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Here he raised his head, peering cautiously over the gunwale of the speeding longship.
Fiction book (1992) -
The gunwale and keel are definitely safe.
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No dampness under the gunwale.
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Along the top of each gunwale were tholes for six long oars.
Fiction book (1990) -
Aino reached over the fiberglass gunwale and cleaned her hands in the racing seawater.
Fiction book (1996) -
In a few seconds, many of them sprang to the gunwales and scrambled into the shallow hull.
Fiction book (1992) -
White water surged across the gunwales and showered from the sky in a seemingly endless stream.
Fiction book (1992) -
Ethan's sleek Chesapeake Bay retriever, Simon, stood, front paws on the gunwale, tongue lolling.
Fiction book (2001) -
She carefully leaned over the gunwale to watch the fish swimming beneath the boat.
Synonyms
1
9.9
The top edge along the side of a boat used to sit on or hold things
The top board on the side of a wooden boat that makes the side stronger
A strip of wood along the top edge of a boat's side that makes it stronger and protects it
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Gunwale comes from the words gun and wale ('plank' or 'ridge'). It was the plank where a ship's guns were placed, so the word now means the top edge of a boat.