gangway

Meanings

Plural: gangways

Noun

• a temporary passageway of planks (as over mud on a building site)
• a temporary bridge for getting on and off a vessel at dockside
• passageway between seating areas as in an auditorium or passenger vehicle or between areas of shelves of goods as in stores
• A passageway through which to enter or leave, such as one between seating areas in an auditorium, or between two buildings.
• An articulating bridge or ramp, such as from land to a dock or a ship.
• A temporary passageway, such as one made of planks.
• A clear path through a crowd or a passageway with people.
• An aisle.
• A passage along either side of a ship's upper deck.
• A passage through the side of a ship or an opening in the railing through which the ship may be boarded.
• An earthen and plank ramp leading from the stable yard into the upper storey or mow of a dairy barn.
• The narrow space between two buildings or houses, used to access the backyard/alleyway from the front.
• A passageway through a passenger car

Verb

• To serve as, furnish with, or conduct oneself as though proceeding on a gangway.

Intj

• Make way! Clear a path!

Synonyms

aisle, alley, alleyway, backs, bunnyrun, chare, chore, close, ennog, entry, fold, gangboard, gangplank, gangway, gant, gennel, ginnel, gitty, gully, gullyway, gunnel, hocket, jennel, jigger, jitty, lane, laneway, loke, passage, pend, rabbit run, shut, snickelway, snicket, tenfoot, twitchel, twitten, vennel, wynd

Related Words

gangboard, gangplank

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