The gunwale, pronounced "gunnel" to rhyme with "tunnel", is a nautical term describing the top edge of the side of a boat. A list of nautical terms; some remain current, many date from the 17th-19th century. ... A boat is a watercraft, usually smaller than most ships. ...

Wale is the same word as the skin injury, a weal, which too, forms a ridge. Originally the gunwale was the "Gun ridge" on a sailing warship. This represented the strengthening wale or structural band added to the design of the ship, at and above the level of a gun deck. It was designed to accommodate the stresses imposed by the use of artillery. Look up Gun in Wiktionary, the free dictionary A gun is a mechanical device that fires projectiles at high velocity, using a propellant such as gun powder or compressed air. ... Wooden sailing boat Sailing is motion across a body of water in a sailing ship, or smaller boat, powered by wind. ... USS Port Royal (CG-73), a Ticonderoga class cruiser. ... Deck may mean: deck (ship), a floor or level of a ship a floor or level of other types of vehicles, most commonly seen in combination: double decker flight deck (aircraft) deck (building), an outdoor floor attached to a building deck (cards), a collection of cards, such playing cards or... A small cast-iron cannon on a carriage A cannon is any large tubular firearm designed to fire a heavy projectile over a considerable distance. ...

In wooden boats, the gunwale remained, mounted inboard of the sheer strake, regardless of the use of gunnery. In modern boats, it is the top edge of the side where there is usually some form of stiffening. The X-31 features forward canards and aft fuselage strakes A Strake is part of a boat or ship. ...

On a canoe, the gunwale is typically the widened edge at the top of the side of the boat, where the edge is reinforced with wood, plastic or aluminum. Canoe at El Nido, Philippines A canoe is a relatively small human-powered boat. ... A news/talk radio station on the frequency of 1300 AM in Grand Rapids, Michigan. ... The term plastics covers a range of synthetic or semi-synthetic polymerization products. ... General Name, Symbol, Number aluminium, Al, 13 Chemical series poor metals Group, Period, Block 13 (IIIA), 3, p Density, Hardness 2700 kg/m3, 2. ...

On a rowing boat (especially in sports) the gunwale is usually referred to as the saxboard