gunwale

gunwale has 2 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 7.

Definitions

• n.. 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.
• n.. wale at the top of the side of boat; topmost planking of a wooden vessel