gangboard

American  

[gang-bawrd, -bohrd] / ˈgæŋˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd /

noun

Nautical.

1. a raised walk on a sailing ship, crossing the waist and connecting the forecastle directly with the quarterdeck.

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Etymology

Origin of gangboard

First recorded in 1740–50; gang ¹ + board

Example Sentences

In a very few minutes the bow of the boat was run up on the beach, the gangboard put out, and then the officer stepped ashore.

From The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnicols by Black, William

But the sad eyed Thorgils paid no heed to the question, but only crept nearer to the end of the gangboard, and stood there earnestly watching.

From Olaf the Glorious A Story of the Viking Age by Leighton, Robert