Gunnel vs. Gunwale

Gunnelnoun

A small eel-shaped marine fish of the family Pholidae, especially Pholis gunnellus.

Gunnelnoun

A gunwale.

Gunnelnoun

A small, eel-shaped, marine fish of the genus Murænoides; esp., M. gunnellus of Europe and America; - called also gunnel fish, butterfish, rock eel.

Gunnelnoun

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

Gunnelnoun

small eellike fishes common in shallow waters of the northern Atlantic

Gunwalenoun

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

Gunwalenoun

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.

Gunwalenoun

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

Gunwale

The gunwale () is the top edge of the hull of a ship or boat.Originally the structure was the on a sailing warship, a horizontal reinforcing band added at and above the level of a gun deck to offset the stresses created by firing artillery. Over time it remained as a valuable stiffener mounted inboard of the sheer strake on commercial and recreational craft.