gangboard
Noun
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Noun
gangboard (plural gangboards)
- A board or plank used as a temporary footbridge between a ship and a dockside or any gap such as scaffolding.
- A board or plank placed within or without the bulwarks of a vessel's waist for lookouts to walk or stand on.
- The boards ending the hammock-nettings at either side of the entrance from the accommodation-ladder to the deck.
- German: Steg, Landungssteg, Landungsbrücke
- Portuguese: prancha de desembarque
- Russian: схо́дня
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