gunwale

• gunnel

From Middle English gonnewalle, itself from gonne (“gun”) + wale, as it used to support the ship's guns; equivalent to gun +‎ wale.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡʌnəl/
• Rhymes: -ʌnəl

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gunwale (plural gunwales)

1. The top edge of the hull of a nautical vessel, where it meets the deck.

• bulwark

• “gunwale” in Webster’s Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary: Based on Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, 7th edition, Springfield, Mass.: G[eorge] & C[harles] Merriam, 1963 (1967 printing), →OCLC.