Gangway

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gangway \Gang"way`\, n. [See {Gang}, v. i.]
     1. A passage or way into or out of any inclosed place; esp.,
        a temporary way of access formed of planks.
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     2. In the English House of Commons, a narrow aisle across the


        house, below which sit those who do not vote steadly
        either with the government or with the opposition.
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     3. (Naut.) The opening through the bulwarks of a vessel by
        which persons enter or leave it.
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     4. (Naut.) That part of the spar deck of a vessel on each
        side of the booms, from the quarter-deck to the
        forecastle; -- more properly termed the waist. --Totten.
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     {Gangway ladder}, a ladder rigged on the side of a vessel at
        the gangway.
  
     {To bring to the gangway}, to punish (a seaman) by flogging
        him at the gangway.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  gangway
       n 1: a temporary passageway of planks (as over mud on a building
            site)
       2: a temporary bridge for getting on and off a vessel at
          dockside [syn: {gangplank}, {gangboard}]
       3: passageway between seating areas as in an auditorium or
          passenger vehicle or between areas of shelves of goods as
          in stores [syn: {aisle}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  46 Moby Thesaurus words for "gangway":
     Bifrost, access, adit, air lock, approach, bascule bridge,
     bateau bridge, bridge, cantilever bridge, catwalk, corridor,
     drawbridge, entrance, entranceway, entry, entryway,
     floating bridge, flyover, footbridge, gangboard, gangplank, hall,
     in, ingress, inlet, intake, lift bridge, means of access, opening,
     overbridge, overcrossing, overpass, passage, passageway,
     pontoon bridge, rope bridge, span, stepping-stone, stepstone,
     suspension bridge, swing bridge, toll bridge, vestibule, viaduct,
     way, way in