Gangway

Quick meaning: Gangway is a noun meaning A passageway through which to enter or leave.

Meaning

A passageway through which to enter or leave.

More Meanings

1. An articulating bridge or ramp, such as from land to a dock or a ship.
2. A passage along either side of a ship's upper deck.
3. A passage through the side of a ship or an opening in the railing through which the ship may be boarded; (also in later use) a jet bridge.
4. (agriculture) An earthen and plank ramp leading from the stable yard into the upper storey or mow of a dairy barn.
5. To serve as, furnish with, or conduct oneself as though proceeding on a gangway.
6. (rare) A temporary passageway, such as one made of planks.
7. (rare, obsolete outside dialects) A clear path through a crowd or a passageway with people.

Example Sentences

Lemme at 'im! Lemme at 'im! I'll get 'im, Babbitt! Gangway, I'll moidalize him!

And he pushed his way through the crowd crying, "Gangway, gangway!" and dragging Jane and Michael after him.

We came over on the usual mid-morning service from Victoria and this time, as we came down the gangway of the Invicta, the Shedmaster at Calais, M. Leclerc, and Henri Dutertre were waiting for us.

They're conducting phone conversations without speaking into the wrong end of their mobiles, or gangwaying to the Gents without tripping over, or turning the pages of a newspaper without blacking adjacent eyes.

Word Forms

• gangways
• gangwaying
• gangwayed

Synonyms for gangway

Depending on context, synonyms include aisle, gangplank, gangboard.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include gangboard, gangplank, aisle, passerelle, catwalk, bridge.

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