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gangway::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | gangboard, gangplank |
| Type of | footbridge, overcrossing, pedestrian bridge |
gangway::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | aisle |
| Type of | passageway |
gangway::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | passageway |
Examples of gangway
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She beamed when describing the time she strung aliens from ropes in her gangway.
From the latimes.com
At their appointed disembarkation hour, a crew member takes them to the gangway.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Together with some cadets, that brings the full complement to a gangway-shoving 24.
From the economist.com
After the Captain's wife came aboard, everyone else stormed over the gangway.
From the thisismoney.co.uk
She looms massive as you approach and take a gangway into her charcoal hull.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Undaunted, the climbers made it to a gangway 80ft over the vessel's starboard stern.
From the guardian.co.uk
About an hour before Tuesday's burglary, a neighbor noticed a man in the house's gangway.
From the stltoday.com
The bow lay to the shore, leaving the gangway open to the Indians'fire.
From the courier-journal.com
He took one look at the steep gangway and cowered in the plane's doorway.
From the time.com
- A temporary passageway of planks (as over mud on a building site)
- Gangplank: a temporary bridge for getting on and off a vessel at dockside
- Aisle: passageway between seating areas as in an auditorium or passenger vehicle or between areas of shelves of goods as in stores
- Bridge laid from an opening in the railing or side of a vessel to the shore or to a platform with the purpose of giving access to and from the vessel.
- An opening in the bulwark of the ship to allow passengers to board or leave the ship.
- The ramp by which passengers embark or disembark a ship.
- A gangway is a flexible, covered ramp that allows passengers to get on or off an airplane or space liner safely. On the Moon these are air tight structures, while on Earth, they are not. [See: Passenger Liner, Spaceport.]
- That part of a vessel's side, amidships, where people pass in and out of the vessel.
- Space between the rear cab post of a locomotive and her tender
