Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A board or plank with cleats for steps, used for passing into or out of a ship or boat. Also called gang-plank.
- n. A plank placed within or without the bulwarks of a vessel's waist for sentinels to walk or stand on.
- n. The boards ending the hammock-nettings at either side of the entrance from the accommodation-ladder to the deck.
Wiktionary
- n. A board or plank used as a temporary footbridge between a ship and a dockside or any gap such as scaffolding.
- n. A board or plank placed within or without the bulwarks of a vessel's waist for lookouts to walk or stand on.
- n. The boards ending the hammock-nettings at either side of the entrance from the accommodation-ladder to the deck.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Naut.) A plank within or without the bulwarks of a vessel's waist, for the sentinel to walk on.
- n. a temporary bridge for getting on and off a vessel at dockside.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a temporary bridge for getting on and off a vessel at dockside
Etymologies
- From gang (“way, path, course of travel”) + board (“plank”) (Wiktionary)
Examples
“He walked back across the gangboard to the quay and the waiting stranger.”
“As Quirk walked back across the gangboard, he stirred and sat up.”
“McBride stood at his customary station next to the tiller, watching over the boat, one eye always on the short gangboard that crossed to the quay.”
“SANTAYANA Tunan WERE three yellow "Critical" signals lit on the long gangboard when Helmuth passed through the gang deck on the, way back to duty.”
“But the sad eyed Thorgils paid no heed to the question, but only crept nearer to the end of the gangboard, and stood there earnestly watching.”
“In a very few minutes the bow of the boat was run up on the beach, the gangboard put out, and then the officer stepped ashore.”
The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnicols
“Our vessel ran its nose boldly into the shore; a wide gangboard was thrown to the foot of the shoot, making a complete connection with our lower deck, where the busy hands had already constructed a species of barricade of cotton-bales to receive the shock of their coming brother bale.”
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