GUNNELS Synonyms

• an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes

• a fencelike structure around a deck

• a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away

• defend with a bulwark

• the boundary of a surface

• a line determining the limits of an area

• a sharp side formed by the intersection of two surfaces of an object

• the attribute of urgency in tone of voice

• a slight competitive advantage

• the outside limit of an object or area or surface; a place farthest away from the center of something

• advance slowly, as if by inches

• provide with a border or edge

• lie adjacent to another or share a boundary

• provide with an edge

• wale at the top of the side of boat; topmost planking of a wooden vessel

• located on a side

• a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location

• one of two or more contesting groups

• either the left or right half of a body

• a surface forming part of the outside of an object

• an extended outer surface of an object

• an aspect of something (as contrasted with some other implied aspect)

• a line segment forming part of the perimeter of a plane figure

• a family line of descent

• a lengthwise dressed half of an animal's carcass used for food

• an opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute

• an elevated geological formation

• (sports) the spin given to a ball by striking it on one side or releasing it with a sharp twist

• take sides for or against

• any of numerous small flat Atlantic food fish having smooth skin

• small marine fish with a short compressed body and feeble spines

• slippery scaleless food fish of the northern Atlantic coastal waters

• wale at the top of the side of boat; topmost planking of a wooden vessel

• 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