Definition of gunnels Gunnels

/gʌˈnʌlz/ - [gunulz] -

We found 3 definitions of gunnels from 2 different sources.

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What does gunnels mean?

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  • gunnels (Noun)
    Plural of gunnel.

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Noun

Plural: gunnels

gunnel - small eellike fishes common in shallow waters of the northern Atlantic
  bracketed blenny
  blennioid, blennioid fish elongated mostly scaleless marine fishes with large pectoral fins and reduced pelvic fins
  family pholidae, family pholididae, pholidae a family of fish of suborder Blennioidea
gunnel - wale at the top of the side of boat; topmost planking of a wooden vessel
  gunwale, gun rest
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  • gunnel (Noun)
    Alternative spelling of gunwale.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • gunnel (n.)
    A gunwale.
  • gunnel (n.)
    A small, eel-shaped, marine fish of the genus Muraenoides; esp., M. gunnellus of Europe and America; -- called also gunnel fish, butterfish, rock eel.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • gunnel
    gun′l, n. Same as Gunwale

Marine DictionaryUniversal Dictionary of the Marine ⚓️

  • gunnel
    or GUN-WALE, plat-bord, the upper edge of a ship’s side.

Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book

  • gunnel
    See GUNWALE.
  • gunnel
    Nearly synonymous with plank-sheer (which see); but its strict application is that horizontal plank which covers the heads of the timbers between the main and fore drifts. The gunwale of a boat is a piece of timber going round the upper sheer-strake as a binder for its top-work.--Gunwale-to. Vessels heeling over, so that the gunwale is even with the water. When a boat sails with a free wind, and rolls each side, or gunwale, to the water's edge, she rolls gunwale-to.

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