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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Gunnel \Gun"nel\, n. [See {Gunwale}.] 1. A gunwale. 2. (Zo["o]l.) 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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}.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: gunnel n 1: top of the side of boat; topmost plank of a wooden vessel [syn: {gunwale}, {gun rest}] 2: small eellike fishes common in shallow waters of the North Atlantic [syn: {bracketed blenny}]
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