GANGWAY

aisle, gangway

(noun) passageway between seating areas as in an auditorium or passenger vehicle or between areas of shelves of goods as in stores

gangplank, gangboard, gangway

(noun) a temporary bridge for getting on and off a vessel at dockside

gangway

(noun) a temporary passageway of planks (as over mud on a building site)

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

gangway (plural gangways)

A passageway through which to enter or leave, such as one between seating areas in an auditorium, or between two buildings.

An articulating bridge or ramp, such as from land to a dock or a ship.

A temporary passageway, such as one made of planks.

(rare, obsolete, outside, dialects) A clear path through a crowd or a passageway with people.

(British) An aisle.

(nautical) A passage along either side of a ship's upper deck.

(nautical) A passage through the side of a ship or an opening in the railing through which the ship may be boarded.

(agricultural) An earthen and plank ramp leading from the stable yard into the upper storey or mow of a dairy barn.

(Chicago) The narrow space between two buildings or houses, used to access the backyard/alleyway from the front.

A passageway through a passenger car

Synonyms

• (narrow space between two buildings): See Thesaurus:alley

Hyponyms

• (enclosed corridor between an airport and plane): See jet bridge

Verb

gangway (third-person singular simple present gangways, present participle gangwaying, simple past and past participle gangwayed)

To serve as, furnish with, or conduct oneself as though proceeding on a gangway.

Interjection

gangway

(to a crowd) Make way! Clear a path!

Source: Wiktionary

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Gang"way`, n. Etym: [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.

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.

3. (Naut.)

Definition: The opening through the bulwarks of a vessel by which persons enter or leave it.

4. (Naut.)

Definition: 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. 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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