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to the gunwales

to the gunwales is the alternative form of to the gunnels.

Meaning of to the gunnels

Prepositional phrase

  1. Full to the brim.
    • We were loaded down to the gunnels with luggage.
  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.

Questions about to the gunwales

What is to the gunwales the alternative form of?
To the gunwales is the alternative form of to the gunnels.

Words near to the gunwales in the dictionary

  1. to the fullest
  2. to the gills
  3. to the gods
  4. to the good
  5. to the gunnels
  6. to the gunwales
  7. to the hilt
  8. to the house
  9. to the last
  10. to the last man
  11. to the left

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Adapted from Wiktionary: to the gunwales (page history and authors); to the gunnels (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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