Definition of Gunnels

1. Noun. (plural of gunnel) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Gunnels

1. gunnel [n] - See also: gunnel

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gunnels

gunlock
gunlocks
gunmaker
gunmakers
gunman
gunmanship
gunmen
gunmetal
gunmetal-grey
gunmetals
gunna
gunnage
gunnages
gunned
gunnel
gunnels (current term)
gunnen
gunner
gunnera
gunneras
gunneries
gunners
gunnery
gunnery sergeant
gunnie
gunnies
gunning
gunningite
gunnings
gunny

Literary usage of Gunnels

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Manual of Military Field Engineering for the Use of Officers and Troops of by William Dorrance Beach, Edwin Alvin Root, Thomas Horace Slavens (1902)
"These can then be united in one large pier by cross gunnels. ... Upon the cask lay two gunnels, fastened together at the ends and one or two intermediate ..."

2. Patterson's College and School Directory of the United States and Canada by Homer L. Patterson (1909)
"Willam F. Feagin, Chief Clerk Montgomery HC gunnels, Superintendent of Public ... N. gunnels, Assistant Clerk Montgomery STATE BOARD OF EXAMINERS. ..."

3. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1920)
"gunnels, 66 Ga. 521, is cited in support of this contention. ... gunnels, supra. Where in an ejectment suit a deed is attacked as a forgery, the burden is ..."

4. The Repertory of Patent Inventions: And Other Discoveries and Improvements (1807)
"... for those buoyant lockers placed outside his boat come under the description of the " hollow projecting gunnels for boats," for which Mr. Lionel Lukii> ..."

5. Alabama Official and Statistical Register by Alabama Dept. of Archives and History (1907)
"President State Board of Teachers' Examiners.—Harry C. gunnels ... Harry C. gunnels was educated in the common schools of his native place, and in 1886, ..."

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