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What (who) is Gunwale - definition
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![Bar Harbor]], Maine](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Birchbark canoe, Abbe Museum, Bar Harbor, ME IMG 2301.JPG?width=200 "Bar Harbor]], Maine")
![Dugout canoe of [[pirogue]] type in the [[Solomon Islands]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dugout canoe Rennell.jpg?width=200 "Dugout canoe of [[pirogue]] type in the [[Solomon Islands]]")
![Inflatable canoe at a [[canoe launch]] on the [[Charles River]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Elm Bank canoe launch 213345 929.jpg?width=200 "Inflatable canoe at a [[canoe launch]] on the [[Charles River]]")
![[[Frances Anne Hopkins]]: ''Shooting the Rapids (Quebec)'' (1879), Voyageur canoe.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/FAHopkins Shooting Rapids.jpg?width=200 "[[Frances Anne Hopkins]]: ''Shooting the Rapids (Quebec)'' (1879), Voyageur canoe.")
![dug out canoes]] are in the courtyard of the Old Military Hospital in the [[Historic Center of Quito]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Historic Center of Quito - World Heritage Site by UNESCO - Photo 437.jpg?width=200 "dug out canoes]] are in the courtyard of the Old Military Hospital in the [[Historic Center of Quito]].")
![[[Henri Julien]]:''La Chasse-galerie'', oil painting 1906](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/La Chasse-galerie (1906).jpg?width=200 "[[Henri Julien]]:''La Chasse-galerie'', oil painting 1906")
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![[[Paul Kane]] (1810–1871): ''Spearing Salmon By Torchlight'', oil painting](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/PaulKane-HuntingFish-ROM.jpg?width=200 "[[Paul Kane]] (1810–1871): ''Spearing Salmon By Torchlight'', oil painting")
![[[Ojibwe]] women in canoe on [[Leech Lake]], Bromley 1896](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pf026012.jpg?width=200 "[[Ojibwe]] women in canoe on [[Leech Lake]], Bromley 1896")
![Canoe in [[Kerala]], India, 2008](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kerala backwater 20080218-11.jpg?width=200 "Canoe in [[Kerala]], India, 2008")
![Canoe in Vietnam in the [[Mekong delta]], 2009](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Women Rowing - My Tho - Vietnam.JPG?width=200 "Canoe in Vietnam in the [[Mekong delta]], 2009")
Wikipedia
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The gunwale () is the top edge of the hull of a ship or boat.
Originally the structure was the "gun wale" on a sailing warship, a horizontal reinforcing band added at and above the level of a gun deck to offset the stresses created by firing artillery. Over time it remained as a valuable stiffener mounted inboard of the sheer strake on commercial and recreational craft. In modern boats, it is the top edge of the hull where there is usually some form of stiffening, often in the form of traditional wooden boat construction members called the "inwale" and "outwale".
On a canoe, the gunwale is typically the widened edge at the top of its hull, reinforced with wood, plastic or aluminum, to carry the thwarts.
On a narrowboat or canal boat, the gunwale is synonymous with the side deck—a narrow ledge running the full length of the craft.
