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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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}.]
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
gunwale
n : top of the side of boat; topmost plank of a wooden vessel
[syn: {gunnel}, {gun rest}]
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