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gangboard

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Etymology

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From gang (way, path, course of travel) +‎ board (plank).

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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.
  2. (nautical) A board or plank placed within or without the bulwarks of a vessel's waist for lookouts to walk or stand on.
    • 2005, Edward Rowe Snow, Jeremy D'Entremont, William Quinn, Storms and Shipwrecks of New England[1], Applewood Books, →ISBN, page 45:
      The brigantine's yawl under the port gangboard was put over, and three volunteers offered to row for help.
  3. The boards ending the hammock-nettings at either side of the entrance from the accommodation-ladder to the deck.
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