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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. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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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. 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 ship's company, crowding into the gangway to view the sight, soon arrested her majesty's attention. |
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