gangboard
English
editEtymology
editFrom gang (“way, path, course of travel”) + board (“plank”).
Noun
editgangboard (plural gangboards)
- (nautical) A board or plank used as a temporary footbridge between a ship and a dockside or any gap such as scaffolding.
- (nautical) 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.
Related terms
editTranslations
editboard used as a temporary footbridge between a ship and a dockside
References
edit- Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- “gang”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.