Translation of "gunwale" into Catalan

The upper edge of a vessel's side. In sixteenth-century vessils, the wale against which the guns rest. The gunwale is the top edge of the side of a boat. Originally the gunwale was the "gun ridge" on a sailing warship. This represented the strengthening wale or structural band added to the design of the ship, at and above the level of a gun deck. It was designed to accommodate the stresses imposed by the use of artillery.