gunwale
- n wale at the top of the side of boat; topmost planking of a wooden vessel
- All are packed, gunwale to gunwale, with Haitian refugees carrying their possessions on their backs and in small wicker baskets.
- Anxious to retrieve his line, Boadby leaned over the gunwale, gaffed the shark and trussed it to his boatthereupon technically setting a light-tackle record that is likely to .
- Originally intended mainly for patios, Ozite is spreading to schools, supermarkets, kitchens, and is carpeting yachts gunwale to gunwale.