"gangplank" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: gangplanks [plural]
Etymology: From gang (“way, path, course of travel”) + plank (“board”). Etymology templates: {{compound|en|gang|plank|t1=way, path, course of travel|t2=board}} gang (“way, path, course of travel”) + plank (“board”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} gangplank (plural gangplanks)
  1. (nautical) A board used as a temporary footbridge between a ship and a dockside. Categories (topical): Nautical Synonyms: gang-plank, gang plank Derived forms: walk the gangplank Related terms: gangboard, gangway Translations (board used as a temporary footbridge between a ship and a dockside): andamyo (Cebuano), 跳板 (tiàobǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), 踏板 (tàbǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), landgang [common-gender] (Danish), loopplank (Dutch), lankonki (Finnish), passerelle d’embarquement [feminine] (French), საბიჯელა (sabiǯela) (Georgian), Steg [masculine] (German), Landungssteg [masculine] (German), Landungsbrücke [masculine] (German), גמלה (gamlah) [feminine] (Hebrew), כֶּבֶשׁ (kevesh) [masculine] (Hebrew), ponto (Ido), passerella [feminine] (Italian), мо́вче (móvče) [neuter] (Macedonian), по́движен мост (pódvižen most) [masculine] (Macedonian), landgang [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), landgang [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), prancha de desembarque [feminine] (Portuguese), схо́дня (sxódnja) [feminine] (Russian), трап (trap) [masculine] (Russian), brv [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), brvina [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), landgång [common-gender] (Swedish), andamyo (Tagalog), tulay-tulayan (Tagalog), golaboed (Volapük), boedaponil (Volapük), ponil (Volapük), pompren [feminine] (Welsh), pomprennau [feminine, plural] (Welsh)

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      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "board used as a temporary footbridge between a ship and a dockside",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "landgang"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "board used as a temporary footbridge between a ship and a dockside",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prancha de desembarque"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sxódnja",
      "sense": "board used as a temporary footbridge between a ship and a dockside",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "схо́дня"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "trap",
      "sense": "board used as a temporary footbridge between a ship and a dockside",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "трап"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "board used as a temporary footbridge between a ship and a dockside",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "brv"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "board used as a temporary footbridge between a ship and a dockside",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "brvina"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "board used as a temporary footbridge between a ship and a dockside",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "landgång"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "board used as a temporary footbridge between a ship and a dockside",
      "word": "andamyo"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "board used as a temporary footbridge between a ship and a dockside",
      "word": "tulay-tulayan"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "board used as a temporary footbridge between a ship and a dockside",
      "word": "golaboed"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "board used as a temporary footbridge between a ship and a dockside",
      "word": "boedaponil"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "board used as a temporary footbridge between a ship and a dockside",
      "word": "ponil"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "board used as a temporary footbridge between a ship and a dockside",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pompren"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "board used as a temporary footbridge between a ship and a dockside",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "pomprennau"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gangplank"
}

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