NOUN
- small eellike fishes common in shallow waters of the northern Atlantic
- wale at the top of the side of boat; topmost planking of a wooden vessel
How To Use gunnel In A Sentence
- It was a bit of a comedown in that we had to pack up everything and then spend 48 hours homeless - living in other people's spare rooms, our car packed to the gunnels with all our worldly possessions.
- In the last few seconds, Gunnell came from nowhere to win another gold medal.
- The Canaries were the nearest bits of dry land to us, but Mr Jellicoe, the third mate, reckoned that they were a good hundred and fifty miles away, and dead to wind'ard; so it was useless for us to think of reaching them in a boat with her gunnels awash, and not a scrap of food or a drop of fresh water in her. Harry Escombe A Tale of Adventure in Peru
- Not eels at all, the wolf eel are among the largest of a sub-order of small gunnels and blennies.
- The single mast lay along the port gunnel, lashed in place. SHADOW OF A DARK QUEEN: BOOK ONE OF THE SERPENTWAR SAGA
- She set a British under-20 indoor pentathlon record, bettering the marks of two who would become Olympic champions, Denise Lewis and Sally Gunnell.
- Shimoda Harbour was close-packed with scores of fishing boats, gunnel to gunnel, taking refuge from the forecast typhoon.
- In the last few seconds, Gunnell came from nowhere to win another gold medal.
- Still, as it drew into the station, it clearly wasn't packed to the gunnels.
- The burnish on her medal had begun to fade, and Gunnell had missed her story.
