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Definition of: gunwale
(gun′əl) noun Naut.
1. The upper wale of a war vessel with apertures for guns.
2. The strake which tops a ship's side or bounds the top plank of the side of a vessel: also spelled gunnel. [<GUN + WALE (plank)]
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