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gunwale (encz) | gunwale,obrubník n: Zdeněk Brož |
Gunwale (gcide) | Gunwale \Gun"wale\, n. [Gun + wale. So named because the upper
guns were pointed from it.] (Naut.)
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. [Written also gunnel.]
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gunwale (wn) | gunwale
n 1: wale at the top of the side of boat; topmost planking of a
wooden vessel [syn: gunwale, gunnel, gun rest] |
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Gunwale (gcide) | Gunwale \Gun"wale\, n. [Gun + wale. So named because the upper
guns were pointed from it.] (Naut.)
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. [Written also gunnel.]
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