gunnels

Even the "gunnels" were sometimes used in Cincinnati as foundations for houses.

The Old Northwest : A chronicle of the Ohio Valley and beyond Frederic Austin Ogg 1914

Loaded to the "gunnels," the half-dozen machines finally got under way, and off they went into the night, chortling with an excitement all their own.

Anderson Crow, Detective George Barr McCutcheon 1897

The day's racing was topped and tailed by the hirsute raggle-taggle folkies of the Hothouse Flowers and an assortment of Irish dancers performing in the Centaur while the Guinness Village was stuffed to the gunnels with heavily refreshed revellers, many of whom were dressed as leprechauns or snake-banishing saints.

Cheltenham Festival diary | Sport | The Guardian 2011

His hands rested on the gunnels as if he expected rough water.

Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011

My canoe was rescued in a semi crushed state, a buddy fixed the fiberglass and I replaced trim, gunnels and thwarts.

Want a Boat? Build Your Own 2010

You know this already, if you've ever gripped the gunnels with fear in the midst of changing seas and hoped your thin hull will hold out the bottomless depths.

Deborah Schoeberlein: The Ships of Life Deborah Schoeberlein 2012

The vessel they brought for Pearl Hand had been crafted by a master thin hulled, with decorative carving below the gunnels.

Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011

The vessel they brought for Pearl Hand had been crafted by a master thin hulled, with decorative carving below the gunnels.

Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011

His hands rested on the gunnels as if he expected rough water.

Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011

You know this already, if you've ever gripped the gunnels with fear in the midst of changing seas and hoped your thin hull will hold out the bottomless depths.

Deborah Schoeberlein: The Ships of Life Deborah Schoeberlein 2012