Hypertext Webster Gateway: "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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
gangway
n 1: a temporary passageway of planks (as over mud on a building
site)
2: a temporary bridge for getting on and off a vessel at
dockside [syn: {gangplank}, {gangboard}]
3: passageway between seating areas as in an auditorium or
passenger vehicle or between areas of shelves of goods as
in stores [syn: {aisle}]
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