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Gunwale
Pronunciation : Gun"wale
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Gun + wale. So named because the upper guns were pointed from it.] (Naut.)
Definition : Defn: 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
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