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Where the Battle of the Gullet struggles isn’t to do with how handmade the gunwales are, nor how battered the oars.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
24 June 2026 The large stage in the center of the arena unfolds to become a trireme spurting fire from its gunwales.—
Nat Segnit,
Harpers Magazine,
21 Apr. 2026 Icy water began crashing over the gunwale, causing the boat to flip like a toy.—
Kelly McGreal,
FOXNews.com,
5 Apr. 2026 The one model that proved an exception had a narrower deck sunken below its gunwales, not the flat, open swimming platform-like deck of the CrossWave.—New Atlas,
21 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for gunwale
Word History
Etymology
Middle English gonne-wale, from gonne gun + wale entry 1; from its former use as a support for guns