gangplank

n.

A board or ramp used as a removable footway between a ship and a pier. Also called gangway.

[From GANG¹, way (obsolete and dialectal).]

n. a movable plank used as a ramp to board or disembark from a ship or boat.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a temporary bridge for getting on and off a vessel at dockside
  Synonyms: gangboard, gangway

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - løbebro, gangbræt, landgang

Nederlands (Dutch)
loopplank

Français (French)
n. - passerelle

Deutsch (German)
n. - Landungsbrücke

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (ναυτ.) διαβάθρα. πρόχειρη σκάλα

Italiano (Italian)
passerella

Português (Portuguese)
n. - prancha (f) para desembarque (Náut.)

Русский (Russian)
площадка трапа

Español (Spanish)
n. - pasarela, plancha

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - landgång

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
跳板, 踏板

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 跳板, 踏板

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 트랩(배와 부두를 연결하는 널판)

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 道板, タラップ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) يعبر, لوح خشبي للعبور‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮כבש האניה, גשר בין סירות, גמלה‬

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