gangway : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: gangway	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for gangway
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gangway n a temporary passageway of planks (as over mud on a building site) a temporary bridge for getting on and off a vessel at dockside Synonym(s): gangplank, gangboard, gangway passageway between seating areas as in an auditorium or passenger vehicle or between areas of shelves of goods as in stores Synonym(s): aisle, gangway
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. 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. 3. (Naut.) The opening through the bulwarks of a vessel by which persons enter or leave it. 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. {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.