gun·nel /ˈgʌnḷ/
魚的一種;舷的上端;船的邊緣
Gun·nel n.
1. A gunwale.
2. Zool. A small, eel-shaped, marine fish of the genus Murænoides; esp., M. gunnellus of Europe and America; -- called also gunnel fish, butterfish, rock eel.
◄ ►
Gun·wale n. 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.]
◄ ►
gunnel
n 1: wale at the top of the side of boat; topmost planking of a
wooden vessel [syn: gunwale, gun rest]
2: small eellike fishes common in shallow waters of the
northern Atlantic [syn: bracketed blenny]