inwale

[in-weyl]

noun

Nautical.

1. (in an open boat) a horizontal timber binding together the frames along the top strake.

2. a strip of reinforcing material within a gunwale.

Word History and Origins

Origin of inwale¹

First recorded in 1870–75; in + wale ¹

Example Sentences

In the framework of the canoe we have the embryo ribs and inwale of the future boat, and the three cross-ties may be regarded as the ancestors of thwarts to be born in time to come.

From Project Gutenberg