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gangway
1. an opening in a ship's side to take a gangplank
2. Chiefly US a ramp for logs leading into a sawmill
gangway [′gaŋ‚wā]
(mining engineering)
A principal underground haulage road.
A passageway into or out of an underground mine.
(naval architecture)
An opening in the rail or bulwarks of a ship through which one can enter or leave it.
gangway
1. A platform or boardwalk erected over an unfinished building section to provide access for men and materials carriers.
2. British term for aisle.
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It was an organized move on the part of the sailors, evidently countenanced by the captain; for by the time we arrived where the gangway had been, it was being hoisted up, and the skiff, slung in the ship's davits, was likewise flying aloft out of reach.
Tales of the Fish Patrol by London, Jack View in context
There's a dim half-memory of being lifted up to the gangway, and of a big red countenance covered with freckles and surrounded with red hair staring at me over the bulwarks.
The Island of Doctor Moreau by Wells, H.G. View in context
The ship's company, crowding into the gangway to view the sight, soon arrested her majesty's attention.
Typee by Melville, Herman View in context
 
 
 
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