gunwale
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English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
From Middle English gonnewalle, itself from gonne (“gun”) + wale, as it used to support the ship's guns; equivalent to gun + wale.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
gunwale (plural gunwales)
Translations[edit]
top edge of the side of a boat
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References[edit]
- Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967