verb
- sailed or cruised leisurely through shallow waters, coves, or secluded anchorages
Usage: nautical; past tense
Examples
- We gunkholed along the coast for three days, discovering hidden bays.
- The sailors gunkholed through the archipelago, anchoring in quiet coves each night.
- They gunkholed around the islands, avoiding the busy shipping lanes.
- Last summer we gunkholed through the Chesapeake Bay’s tributaries.
- The couple gunkholed for weeks, exploring every inlet and harbor.