Found 3 items, similar to Gangway.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: gangway
gang, jalan sempit
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: gangway
gangway
n 1: a temporary passageway of planks (as over mud on a building
site)
2: a temporary bridge for getting on and off a vessel at
dockside [syn:
gangplank,
gangboard]
3: passageway between seating areas as in an auditorium or
passenger vehicle or between areas of shelves of goods as
in stores [syn:
aisle]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Gangway
Gangway
\Gang"way`\, n. [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.
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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.
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3. (Naut.) The opening through the bulwarks of a vessel by
which persons enter or leave it.
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4. (Naut.) 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.
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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.
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