gangplank, gangboard, gangway
(noun) a temporary bridge for getting on and off a vessel at dockside
Source: WordNet® 3.1
gangboard (plural gangboards)
A board or plank used as a temporary footbridge between a ship and a dockside or any gap such as scaffolding.
A board or plank placed within or without the bulwarks of a vessel's waist for lookouts to walk or stand on.
The boards ending the hammock-nettings at either side of the entrance from the accommodation-ladder to the deck.
• grab and go, grab-and-go
Source: Wiktionary
2 May 2025
(noun) excavation consisting of a vertical or sloping passageway for finding or mining ore or for ventilating a mine
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
