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Date: 1400-1500
Origin: gun + wale 'band' (11-20 centuries) (from Old English walu); because it was once used to support guns

gunwale

 noun
     
Related topics: Water
gun‧wale [countable]
TTW the upper edge of the side of a boat or small ship
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