Gunnel

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gunnel \Gun"nel\, n. [See {Gunwale}.]
     1. A gunwale.
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     2. (Zool.) A small, eel-shaped, marine fish of the genus
        {Mur[ae]noides}; esp., {M. gunnellus} of Europe and


        America; -- called also {gunnel fish}, {butterfish}, {rock
        eel}.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gunwale \Gun"wale\, n. [Gun + wale. So named because the upper
     guns were pointed from it.] (Naut.)
     The upper edge of a vessel's or boat's side; the uppermost
     wale of a ship (not including the bulwarks); or that piece of
     timber which reaches on either side from the quarter-deck to
     the forecastle, being the uppermost bend, which finishes the
     upper works of the hull. [Written also {gunnel}.]
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  gunnel
       n 1: wale at the top of the side of boat; topmost planking of a
            wooden vessel [syn: {gunwale}, {gun rest}]
       2: small eellike fishes common in shallow waters of the
          northern Atlantic [syn: {bracketed blenny}]