Top edge of the hull of a ship or boat.
Sinônimos
Examples for "gunwale"
Examples for "gunwale"
1The gunwale of the little boat was almost level with the water.
2Varney, in the stern, leaned out and gripped the drifting gunwale securely.
3The gunwale of the boat consisted of but a single pine plank.
4The stem is of English oak, and the gunwale of American elm.
5Again I eased myself over the gunwale and into the thigh-deep water.
Translations for saxboard