Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun gunnel

2 senses of gunnel

Sense 1
gunwale, gunnel, gun rest -- (wale at the top of the side of boat; topmost planking of a wooden vessel)
       => wale, strake -- (thick plank forming a ridge along the side of a wooden ship)

Sense 2
gunnel, bracketed blenny -- (small eellike fishes common in shallow waters of the northern Atlantic)
       => blennioid fish, blennioid -- (elongated mostly scaleless marine fishes with large pectoral fins and reduced pelvic fins)