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Meanings of gunnel in английском

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

Small eellike fishes common in shallow waters of the northern Atlantic.

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Examples for "gunwale"
Examples for "gunwale"
1
The gunwale of the little boat was almost level with the water.
The Golden Canyon
2
Varney, in the stern, leaned out and gripped the drifting gunwale securely.
Captivating Mary Carstairs
3
The gunwale of the boat consisted of but a single pine plank.
Daniel Boone: The Pioneer of Kentucky
4
The stem is of English oak, and the gunwale of American elm.
A Yacht Voyage Round England
5
Again I eased myself over the gunwale and into the thigh-deep water.
Shadow men
1
The gun resting between the pony's ears still points at me.
Waiting for the Barbarians
2
She slid her arm down beside her, the gun resting against her thigh.
Mine
3
The second gun rested against the small of his back.
Indivisible
4
The gun rested in the corner, out of their reach.
Deadly
5
Farmer Green walked home to his own breakfast with his gun resting upon his shoulder.
The Tale of Old Mr. Crow
Usage of gunnel in английском
1
Every eye looked over the gunnel to witness what had occasioned such exclamations.
The Phantom Ship
2
A man now made his appearance from over the gunnel, at the gangway.
The Phantom Ship
3
The click-click-click of toenails on fiberglass drew his attention to the starboard gunnel.
Lola Carlyle Reveals All
4
He grabbed a gunnel and waded, towing the boat beside him.
The lake
5
He drummed his fingers on the blackened wood of the gunnel.
Dancer’s Lament
6
He was on the rope-ladder that dangled down in the air from the gunnel.
The Entire Project Gutenberg Works of Mark Twain
7
The 20th, cut away the gunnel to get the long-boat out, which was done.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume ...
8
He smiled as he stood on the gunnel, holding on by the main shrouds.
The Phantom Ship
9
He leaned to the left and looked down the gunnel.
Lola Carlyle Reveals All
10
He held onto the gunnel of his kayak, half cooked.
The Descent
11
I had been an hour on the gunnel, when Cross came up to me.
Percival Keene
12
Trudy towed me up close, till I could hook my elbows over the gunnel.
Savage
13
The gunnel-wherehe was standing-comesup around your chest.
A knife edge
14
In another minute Ready was over the rocks, and had seized the gunnel of the boat.
Masterman Ready
15
I watched him lean up against the gunnel and I heard him puke over the side.
A knife edge
16
A boatman lifted the body over the gunnel.
Rising tide: the great mississippi flood of 1927 and how it chan...
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