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Definition of Gunwales
1. gunwale [n] - See also: gunwale
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gunwales
Literary usage of Gunwales
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, Charles Robert Cross, John Trowbridge, Samuel Kneeland, George Bliss (1857)
"The gunwales and ribs are hinged to the keel, so that when the boat is not required
for use, the ribs can bo thrown parallel with the keel, and thus allow ..."
2. The London Encyclopaedia, Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art by Thomas Tegg (1829)
"ww, the gunwales. x, a ring-bolt for the head-fast, there being another also at
.... Projecting gunwales are built to vessels of the ordinary construction, ..."
3. Pen and Pencil Sketches of Shipping and Craft All Round the World by Robert Taylor Pritchett (1899)
"... and these lines or poles break up the repeated forms of the gunwales of the
boats when clustered together—the whole crowned by the indispensable little ..."
4. Iron Ship-building by John Grantham (1868)
"gunwales AND STRINGERS. The gunwale is the point of junction between the sides
and the upper deck. It is a part of the ship at all times requiring great ..."
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