The blow fell upon a man's arm, and, catching it against the thick wooden gunwale of the canoe, completely severed it from the body just above the wrist.
I could not see it, but instead I saw a lean and clutching black hand lifting itself above the gunwaleof the little boat.
As he leaned over the gunwale to do so, however, he started back with a smothered ejaculation, for at the same instant a human figure rose up out of the bottom of the boat, where it had been crouching.
All three went now knee-deep in the surf, and Du Mesne, clinging to the gunwale as he passed out, was soon waist deep, and time and again lost his footing in the flood.
Law himself was as soon as they in the water, and he waded back along the gunwale until he reached the stern, the water nearly up to his hips.
This so frightened them that they ran to the gunwale in order to jump into the sea.
As Hudson gave orders to his men to haul up the anchor, a sudden splash near the vessel’s side made him run to the gunwale and look eagerly into the water, expecting to see a small whale, or a porpoise.
He was over the gunwale in an instant, tearing up the side of the slip, barking and growling as he went.
In a moment he was lying behind thegunwale with the others.
Captain Joe now leaned over the gunwale of the Rambler and cried out: "Which one of you boys fell overboard?
The boys had already taken their automatic revolvers from the cabin, and now, instead of obeying the command of the outlaws, they dropped down behind the gunwale and sent forth a volley not intended to injure, but only to frighten.
The boys stood leaning on the gunwale for hours watching the splendid panorama of the river.
He moved toward the gunwale of the boat, as he spoke and began untying the line which held his canoe to the Rambler.
Directly the top of a worn fur cap made its appearance above the gunwale of the boat, followed almost immediately by the head and shoulders of a man.
Look for the sea-cock," cried Captain Joe, leaning over the gunwale of the Rambler.
When he reached the deck for the second time, Case stood at the gunwale listening.
Teddy, the cub, arose from the place where he had been lying, sniffed at the gunwale of the boat for an instant, and walked into the cabin.
Bullets pinged against the gunwale and imbedded themselves in the walls of the cabin but did no damage.
Jule pointed, and Case went to the gunwale of the Rambler and looked down upon the fragile canoe in which Max had paddled up the river.
Captain Joe now came out on the deck, yawning and stretching, and elevated his fore feet to the gunwale of the boat.
I notice that you don't get your head up above the gunwale very often," Alex laughed.
Once or twice discovery seemed to the boy to be certain, for Captain Joe came to the gunwale of the boat and sniffed suspiciously over the rail.
A man was one moment too late; but running along the gunwale of a mud-scow, and jumping into a skiff, he was put on board by a black fellow.
The falua was near them, and he could clutch the rope which they had flung him, and then the gunwale of the yawl, finding himself suspended by a number of arms which lifted them on deck.
That was Steve's opportunity, and going down on one knee he reached over where the shock-headed boy lay with the side of his head resting upon the boat's gunwale ten feet below, and one ear turned up as if listening while its owner slept.
Then there was a haul all together, and the squealing and snorting object rolled over the gunwale and down into the bottom of the rocking boat with what Hamish called "a squelch.
They had had a long tug, and there being no sign of the quarry they sought Johannes bade the rowers rest, while he stood with one foot resting upon the gunwale expectant.
Upon this, Daggoo, with either hand upon the gunwale to steady his way, swiftly slid aft, and then erecting himself volunteered his lofty shoulders for a pedestal.
During the night, Radney had an unseamanlike way of sitting on the bulwarks of the quarter-deck, and leaning his arm upon the gunwale of the boat which was hoisted up there, a little above the ship's side.
Stubb at this instant, as a swashing sea heaved up under his own little craft, so that its gunwale violently jammed his hand, as he was passing a lashing.
Beatrice had leaned her head upon her arms, along the gunwale of the other canoe which now was running parallel to Stern's, and he knew the girl was weeping.
Every sense alert, the engineer at the gunwale held the cable.
Another man came creeping forward, holding to the gunwale to steady himself.
Over the gunwale of the banca, in a sparkle of flying spray, silvery in the morning sun, the maskalonge gleamed.
This gunwale is open at the stern, the ends not being connected, but the bow is closed by a raised end-board fancifully carved and painted in front of which a crest-like wooden ornament fits into a groove running along the beak.
The man seated at the stern closes with his body the opening between the ends of the raised gunwale and thus keeps out the spray or wash of the sea.
A stout plank on each side raises the canoe a foot, forming a gunwale secured by knees, the seam at the junction being payed over with a black pitch-like substance.
On the first day I did little but hang about on deck, or sit on the weather gunwale with Captain Flett.
I climbed upon the Falcon's gunwale and looked through an open porthole into the vessel's after cabin.
Tom Kinlay was sitting on the weather gunwale near his father, who was steering.
Too late, the harpooner cut the line which attached the wreck to the retreating animal, leaving the boat free, but gunwale under.
It was so far like the mud-scows formerly in use on some of the waters of New England, except that the men who worked her with poles walked on the gunwale of the scow.
But the boys all dived from the gunwale into the river, and swam out a few rods.
Lane leaped ashore, and soon laid the animal on the gunwale of the boat by the side of the argus.
The gunwale of the little vessel was not more than 3 inches above the water when she was loaded.
The sail was made of netting or mats set up between two poles that were fixed upright upon each gunwale and served both as masts and yards.
As we shall want our sail, we must try and manufacture some thick matting instead of canvas, to fix over the bows to raise the gunwale a foot or two, to keep out the sea.
A few strokes more, and Tom had got hold of the gunwale of the boat; Jerry had seized that on the other side.
They were much surprised at the enormous pit they had to dig before they even reached the gunwale of the boat.
To save ourselves trouble, we will dig a line parallel with the beach, and another at right angles, and the chances are we shall strike some part of her gunwale before long.
The dead steward climbed in over the gunwaleand stood in the eyes of the boat, denouncing us as murderers and calling curses down upon us.
The dory jumped like a bucking horse, and he caught the gunwale just in time to escape being pitched overboard.
The first ten feet came over the gunwale without any resistance; then he had to surge against the sag of a dead weight.
Thirty fathoms had crossed thegunwale when the rope was whisked from his hands with even more violence than before.
FN#532] The lieu d'aisance in Eastern crafts is usually a wooden cage or framework fastened outside the gunwale very cleanly but in foul weather very uncomfortable and even dangerous.
Then he hung a curtain before her along the gunwale and calling those who ate apart, sat down with them without the curtain; and I enquired concerning them and behold they were his brethren.
If he has only done it, and not confessed, that is not so bad--it is only the usual fashion of boys.
Anderson could not afford to get into a scrape without May to stand before him, and rather sulkily he assented.
Gascoyne immediately resumed his place at the helm, and once more the schooner was running through the water, almost gunwale under, towards the place where the Wasp had been wrecked.
A large mass of the deck, with part of the gunwale attached to it, lay close beside him, held to the mast by one of the shrouds.
Stubb at this instant, as a swashing sea heaved up under his own little craft so that its gunwale violently jammed his hand, as he was passing a lashing.
During the night, Radney had an unseaman-like way of sitting on the bulwarks of the quarterdeck, and leaning his arm upon the gunwale of the boat which was hoisted up there, a little above the ship's side.
Tony was beyond his reach; he leaned over the gunwale of the boat in a vain attempt to accomplish his malignant purpose.
Mary held on to the gunwale of the boat, as her speed augmented, and she seemed almost to fly through the water.
The boys pulled in silence for several minutes, and Charles Hardy leaned over the gunwale and moodily watched the ripples on the side of the boat.
They are bits of cord, say two feet long, one end made fast to the loom of the oar, and the other to the gunwale of the boat.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "gunwale" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: companion; parts; ship
