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That peece of timber, which reaches on either side the Ship, from the halfe-Deck, to the fore-Castell (being the upper∣most bend as it were, which finishes the upper walls of the Hull there; and wherein they put the Stanshions which support the wast-trees) is
called the Gun-wale, whether there be any guns there or not: Also the lower part of any Port where any Ordnance doth lie, is called the Gun-wale.