gunnel Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun wale at the top of the side of boat; topmost planking of a wooden vessel
    gunwale; gun rest.
  2. noun small eellike fishes common in shallow waters of the northern Atlantic
    bracketed blenny.

WordNet

Gun"nel noun
Etymology
See Gunwale.
Definitions
  1. A gunwale.
  2. (Zoöl.) A small, eel-shaped, marine fish of the genus Murænoides; esp., M. gunnellus of Europe and America; -- called also gunnel fish, butterfish, rock eel.

Webster 1913