Gangway

/ɡˈæŋwe‍ɪ/

/ɡˈæŋweɪ/

[noun]

Gangway

[NOUN]

a passage between rows of seats in an auditorium, aircraft, etc.

synonyms : aisle

a temporary passageway of planks (as over mud on a building site)

a temporary bridge for getting on and off a vessel at dockside

synonyms : gangboard

gangplank

Examples

1. He came from out this gangway.

2. And that brings us to the gangway factor.

3. In a few minutes, they're pulling up the gangway, and I'm back on the ship.

4. Today, there's a gangway here for the sake of visitors, but it wasn't here at that time, and torpedoes were loaded into the room through that hatch.

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