Bible Dictionaries
Unwale

Webster's Dictionary

(n.) The upper edge of a vessel's or boat's side; the uppermost wale of a ship (not including the bulwarks); or that piece of timber which reaches on either side from the quarter-deck to the forecastle, being the uppermost bend, which finishes the upper works of the hull.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Unwale'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​u/unwale.html. 1828.