"gangboard" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: gangboards [plural]
Etymology: From gang (“way, path, course of travel”) + board (“plank”). Etymology templates: {{compound|en|gang|board|t1=way, path, course of travel|t2=plank}} gang (“way, path, course of travel”) + board (“plank”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} gangboard (plural gangboards)
  1. (nautical) A board or plank used as a temporary footbridge between a ship and a dockside or any gap such as scaffolding. Categories (topical): Nautical Translations (board used as a temporary footbridge between a ship and a dockside): loopplank (Dutch), lankonki (Finnish), Steg [masculine] (German), Landungssteg [masculine] (German), Landungsbrücke [masculine] (German), prancha de desembarque [feminine] (Portuguese), схо́дня (sxódnja) [feminine] (Russian), трап (trap) [masculine] (Russian), brv [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), brvina [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), golaboed (Volapük), boedaponil (Volapük), ponil (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-gangboard-en-noun-~xsQ8xzH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 41 17 Topics: nautical, transport Disambiguation of 'board used as a temporary footbridge between a ship and a dockside': 82 13 5
  2. (nautical) A board or plank placed within or without the bulwarks of a vessel's waist for lookouts to walk or stand on. Categories (topical): Nautical
    Sense id: en-gangboard-en-noun-i~9MBLyq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 41 17 Topics: nautical, transport
  3. The boards ending the hammock-nettings at either side of the entrance from the accommodation-ladder to the deck.
    Sense id: en-gangboard-en-noun-~G0-150L Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 41 17
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: gangplank, gangway

Inflected forms

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