to the gunnels

Prepositional phrase

1. Full to the brim.
   • We were loaded down to the gunnels with luggage.
   • The room was packed to the gunnels with reporters.

   Synonyms:

   brimful, all the way, from soup to nuts, in excelsis, to the backbone, to the bone, to the brim, to the core, to the fullest, to the full

2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see to, the, gunnels: all the way up to the gunwales.
   • Our boat was loaded to the gunnels with equipment.

   Synonyms:

   brimful, all the way, from soup to nuts, in excelsis, to the backbone, to the bone, to the brim, to the core, to the fullest, to the full