gangboard en · NOUN
Etymology
From gang (“way, path, course of travel”) + board (“plank”).
Meanings
- A board or plank used as a temporary footbridge between a ship and a dockside or any gap such as scaffolding.
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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.
2005, Edward Rowe Snow, Jeremy D'Entremont, William Quinn, Storms and Shipwrecks of New England, Applewood Books, →ISBN, page 45:
- The boards ending the hammock-nettings at either side of the entrance from the accommodation-ladder to the deck.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| gangboards | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Relateds
Translations (13)
fi lankonki (board used as a temporary footbridge between a ship and a dockside) · ru схо́дня (board used as a temporary footbridge between a ship and a dockside) · pt prancha de desembarque (board used as a temporary footbridge between a ship and a dockside) · de Landungsbrücke (board used as a temporary footbridge between a ship and a dockside) · ru трап (board used as a temporary footbridge between a ship and a dockside) · vo boedaponil (board used as a temporary footbridge between a ship and a dockside) · sh brv (board used as a temporary footbridge between a ship and a dockside) · vo ponil (board used as a temporary footbridge between a ship and a dockside) · nl loopplank (board used as a temporary footbridge between a ship and a dockside) · sh brvina (board used as a temporary footbridge between a ship and a dockside) · de Landungssteg (board used as a temporary footbridge between a ship and a dockside) · de Steg (board used as a temporary footbridge between a ship and a dockside) · vo golaboed (board used as a temporary footbridge between a ship and a dockside)