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gunwale, gunnel|ˈgʌnəl|
Forms: α. 5 gonne walle, 7 gunwayle, -waile, (8 gun-wall), 8– gunwale, (9 gunwhale). β. 7 gun(n)al, 8– gunnel. γ. 7–8 gunhil(l.
[f. gun n. + wale, the gunwale having formerly served to support the guns (cf. quot. 1697 in β). The usual spelling is still gunwale, though the pronunciation (ˈgʌnweɪl) is, at least in Great Britain, never used by persons acquainted with nautical or boating matters.]
The upper edge of a ship's side; in large vessels, the uppermost planking, which covers the timber-heads and reaches from the quarter-deck to the forecastle on either side; in small craft, a piece of timber extending round the top side of the hull.
α1466Mann. & Househ. Exp. (Roxb.) 205 For tymbre for colers of the maste, and gonne walles, xx. d. 1626Capt. Smith Accid. Yng. Sea-men 11 The wayst-boords, the gunwayle, stations for the nettings. 1627― Seaman's Gram. ii. 6 The sides and Deckes are wrought till you come at the Gunwaile, which is the vpmost waile. 1727A. Hamilton New Acc. E. Ind. II. xlv. 147 The Assailants..when they got as high as the Gun-wall or Gunnel, were at a Loss how to get over the Netting. 1800Capt. Milne in Naval Chron. IV. 421 Brass swivels on the gunwhale. 1833Marryat P. Simple (1863) 325 She..proved to be a brigantine laden up to her gunwale, which was not above a foot out of the water. 1865Livingstone Zambesi xvi. 329 Our canoes were not a foot above the water at the gunwales. 1868C. M. Yonge Cameos (1877) I. vi. 41 Horses were led into the ships, the shields hung round the gunwale, and the warriors crowded in. 1875Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. vi. (ed. 2) 226 Cutters and pinnaces should have from 6 to 8 inches added to their gunwale forward. 1880Dixon Windsor III. iii. 25 More than once her gunwale had been under water.
attrib.1773Cook 1st Voy. ii. x. (1842) I. 194 The gun⁓wale boards were..frequently carved in a grotesque taste.
β1697W. Dampier Voy. (1729) I. 400 A very pretty neat Vessel..had about 40 men all armed..and some guns, that went with a Swivel upon their Gunnal. 1699Ibid. III. 14 The first [ropes] going athwart from Gunnal to Gunnal. 1719De Foe Crusoe i. xvi. (1840) 287 Friday..set him down softly upon the side or gunnel of the Canoe. 1757Robertson in Phil. Trans. L. 34 As he was stepping on the gunnel, he fell over-board. 1833Marryat P. Simple (1863) 103 The wind had caught the sails; and the ship..careened over to her gunnel with its force. 1834Medwin Angler in Wales II. 23, I was never tired (when I leaned over the gunnel of the boat) in watching the fish. 1878N. Amer. Rev. CXXVII. 384 Mitrailleuses and field-pieces were mounted on the gunnels.
γ1693R. Lyde Retaking ‘Friend's Adv.’ 22, I kept up the Topsail, till at last the Wind in the Showers did put the Gunhil of the Ship in the Water. 1711in A. Duncan Mariner's Chron. (1805) III. 292 Cutting away the vessel's gunhill.
b. Phrases. gunwale to (rarely † gunwale in): with the gunwale on a level with the water; also transf. gunwale under: with the gunwale submerged.
[1717tr. Frezier's Voy. S. Sea 34 With such dreadful..Gusts, that they brought the Gunwale to, under two Courses reef'd.] 1748Anson's Voy. i. viii. 77 The ship rolling incessantly gunwale to. 1751Smollett Per. Pic. (1779) IV. civ. 339 He rolled himself almost gunwale to, at every motion of his horse. 1769Falconer Dict. Marine (1780) D dd 4, Gunnel-in, or gunnel-to. 1830Marryat King's Own liii, She rolled gunwale under. 1833M. Scott Tom Cringle (1862) 260 We continued to roll gunwale under, dipping the main yardarm into the water every now and then. 1873G. C. Davies Mount. & Mere xvi. 141 She shot across gunwale under.
c. transf. The top plank of a hoarding.
1865Kingsley Herew. II. ix. 150 At last one scaling ladder was planted upon the bodies of the dead, and hooked firmly on the gunwale of the hoarding. |