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n. Nautical The upper edge of the side of a vessel.

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

n. 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.

n. Nautical, the upper edge of a ship's side; the uppermost wale of a ship, or that piece of timber which reaches on either side from the quarterdeck to the forecastle, being the uppermost bend which finishes the upper works of the hull.

n. wale at the top of the side of boat; topmost planking of a wooden vessel

"For the upper edges of the sides, called the gunwale (B, B), similar stringers were provided, but they extended farther fore and aft, and amidships were fully six and a half feet apart, whereas the lower stringers amidships were four and a half feet apart."

strake    wale   

bulwark   

gunnel   

gunnel    window-sill    prow    banister    gangway