Gangboard

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A board or plank used as a temporary footbridge between a ship and a dockside or any gap such as scaffolding.
  2. 2
    a temporary bridge for getting on and off a vessel at dockside wordnet
  3. 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. 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”).

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