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UK
/ɡˈʌnweɪl/
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NOUN
- wale at the top of the side of boat; topmost planking of a wooden vessel
How To Use gunwale In A Sentence
- It wasn't buoyant, so, by way of appendix, he fitted a motor tube - two tubes vulcanised together - around the gunwale.
- You never know what quite to expect at boat show product demonstrations, but when someone swings a baseball bat repeatedly into a boat's gunwale, they quickly get everyone's attention.
- At the bottom the gunwale board was seamed to the next board with tread seam and further down with rivet nails of iron.
- He kicked the shore fast free and hopped onto the vessel's bow, then ran sternward along the gunwale to join Sharina. Lord of the Isles
- Your ship will immediately be surrounded by frantic rowboats, young men standing at the gunwales shouting Halloo!
- But his low gunwale ground against the heavy craft, and the remain - ing correspondent clambered aboard. THE ONE THOUSAND DOZEN
- A crowd of fifty thousand packed the stadium almost to the gunwales.
- This rod forms the gunwale, which is secured by strings to the ribs. The Prairie Traveler A Hand-book for Overland Expeditions
- Alvaro was placed precariously on the truck's gunwale, where he angrily insisted that the driver turn the truck around and go back for his hat. The Captain's Hat
- This is an L-shaped bolt with wing nut that is used to clamp the leeboard bracket to the gunwales.