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Gangboard
noun
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Noun
- 1 A board or plank used as a temporary footbridge between a ship and a dockside or any gap such as scaffolding.
- 2 a temporary bridge for getting on and off a vessel at dockside wordnet
- 3 A board or plank placed within or without the bulwarks of a vessel's waist for lookouts to walk or stand on.
"The brigantine's yawl under the port gangboard was put over, and three volunteers offered to row for help."
- 4 The boards ending the hammock-nettings at either side of the entrance from the accommodation-ladder to the deck.
Etymology
From gang (“way, path, course of travel”) + board (“plank”).
See also for "gangboard"
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