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- noun Plural form of
gunwale .
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Examples
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To pounce upon those boats, rush them afloat, and then tumble helter-skelter in over the gunwales was the work of seconds only; then, throwing out the oars, away we went for the pirate schooner, keeping well apart, in case of a treacherous resumption of firing on the part of the pirates.
A Middy of the King A Romance of the Old British Navy Harry Collingwood 1886
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Just drink up and get yourself loaded to the gunwales.
The Bushman Way of Tracking God PhD Bradford Keeney 2010
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They clambered up the gunwales and vaulted over the rails and shambled across the decks—only to drop into a clever set of trapdoors.
GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011
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The real Castle of Otranto, built by the Aragonese who eventually repelled the Turks, is a photogenic, perfectly preserved, white fortress, with turrets and gunwales and surrounded by a waterless moat and accessible only by drawbridge.
Nina Burleigh: Remembering Too Well Nina Burleigh 2011
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Gideon knelt, ducking below the gunwales of the speedboat.
Gideon’s war Howard Gordon 2011
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They rushed the gunwales of the Cormorant, and their skeletal fingernails clawed its boards.
GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011
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The real Castle of Otranto, built by the Aragonese who eventually repelled the Turks, is a photogenic, perfectly preserved, white fortress, with turrets and gunwales and surrounded by a waterless moat and accessible only by drawbridge.
Nina Burleigh: Remembering Too Well Nina Burleigh 2011
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Gideon knelt, ducking below the gunwales of the speedboat.
Gideon’s war Howard Gordon 2011
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The real Castle of Otranto, built by the Aragonese who eventually repelled the Turks, is a photogenic, perfectly preserved, white fortress, with turrets and gunwales and surrounded by a waterless moat and accessible only by drawbridge.
Nina Burleigh: Remembering Too Well Nina Burleigh 2011
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Casualties would have been catastrophic using the underpowered boats with deep-vee bottoms and high gunwales that the U.S. Navy had preferred on the eve of the war.
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