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GUNWALE
gunwale, gunnel, gun rest
(noun) wale at the top of the side of boat; topmost planking of a wooden vessel
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
gunwale (plural gunwales)
(nautical) The top edge of the hull of a nautical vessel, where it meets the deck.
Source: Wiktionary
Gun"wale, n. Etym: [Gun + wale. So named because the upper guns were pointed from it.] (Naut.)
Definition: 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.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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