Course we did have no seein 'glass on her, but all that showed above the gunnel was a piece of reed mat. From Wordnik.com. [Web Of The Witch World]
He slides back over the gunnel, soaked to the bone. From Wordnik.com. [The instinct for self-preservation is strong] Reference
Effortlessly he balanced Smallpox Kin on the gunnel. From Wordnik.com. [Noble House]
Wung moved over to the gunnel and glared into the night. From Wordnik.com. [Tai-Pan]
He readied the bow and arrows and ducked under the gunnel. From Wordnik.com. [Tai-Pan]
He leaped onto the gunnel and turned back and waved mockingly. From Wordnik.com. [Tai-Pan]
He looked moodily over the gunnel, at the black waves rushing past. From Wordnik.com. [Tai-Pan]
Oreb hopped onto the gunnel to look about and fluff his damp feathers. From Wordnik.com. [Calde of the Long Sun]
Pennyworth was leaning against the gunnel, helping others to jump clear. From Wordnik.com. [Noble House]
Shelley clung to the gunnel with wet white fingers, laughing unsteadily. From Wordnik.com. [Sonnet of the Sphinx] Reference
Anderson then unsuccessfully attempted to free Schmidt from the right gunnel. From Wordnik.com. [Schmidt, Peter A.] Reference
Struan turned his attention to Robb, who was leaning on the gunnel, gray-faced. From Wordnik.com. [Tai-Pan]
Ed poled the boat up to where my leader vanished straight down past the gunnel. From Wordnik.com. [Fool’s Paradise] Reference
"Come here," he ordered, his thumbless hand stabbing the gunnel in front of him. From Wordnik.com. [Noble House]
My brother, the guide and I spent the remainder of the crossing at gunnel level. From Wordnik.com. [Mark Steinberg: Shutout at The Pas] Reference
Her port gunnel gasped out of the sea and took more water, and she began to drown. From Wordnik.com. [Tai-Pan]
Boston Princess was floundering in mid-harbor, one gunnel awash, taking the seas heavily. From Wordnik.com. [Tai-Pan]
A sailor jumped from the gunnel with the fore hawser, but he slipped and fell between wharf and ship. From Wordnik.com. [Tai-Pan]
A young, redheaded sailor wandered up and swung neatly over the gunnel into the head, and took down his pants. From Wordnik.com. [Tai-Pan]
As Betty cried out in echo to Louise's wail, the gunnel of the skiff crashed down upon Lawford's head and shoulders. From Wordnik.com. [Cap'n Abe, Storekeeper] Reference
In a moment or two, Pega's round face appeared above the gunnel, then another face, one I did not know, brown and wrinkled. From Wordnik.com. [The Urth of the New Sun]
Easing slowly closer, breaking the courtesy rule of not going near another guy fishing, I saw a leg appear above the gunnel. From Wordnik.com. [Don't Try Fishing for Our] Reference
Henry was crawling across the gunnel with a basket of freshly fried grouper fingers that he had been taking from one boat to the next. From Wordnik.com. [Again to Carthage] Reference
I left the beautiful Maria screeching over the gunnel. From Wordnik.com. [Olla Podrida] Reference
I had been an hour on the gunnel, when Cross came up to me. From Wordnik.com. [Percival Keene] Reference
I don't just glimpse a tail like a round file sticking up over the gunnel?. From Wordnik.com. [The House Boat Boys] Reference
Weatherall, who stood on the gunnel, took off his hat in acknowledgment of the compliment. From Wordnik.com. [The Privateer's-Man One hundred Years Ago] Reference
For example, "gunwale" (the small walkway along the side of a boat) is pronounced "gunnel". From Wordnik.com. [Maggie's Farm] Reference
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