gangboard
Plural: gangboards
Noun
- a temporary bridge for getting on and off a vessel at dockside
- 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.
Origin / Etymology
From gang (“way, path, course of travel”) + board (“plank”).
Scrabble Score: 14
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gangboard is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 18
gangboard is a valid Words With Friends word