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monkey bridge

American  

noun

Nautical.

  1. flying bridge.

  2. Also called flying gangway.  a raised fore-and-aft catwalk permitting safe passage when the weather deck is washed by heavy seas.

Etymology

Origin of monkey bridge

First recorded in 1925–30

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