A board or ramp used as a removable footway between a ship and a pier. Also called gangway.
[From GANG1, way (obsolete and dialectal).]
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gang·plank (găng'plăngk') ![]() |
A board or ramp used as a removable footway between a ship and a pier. Also called gangway.
[From GANG1, way (obsolete and dialectal).]
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| US Military Dictionary: gangplank |
n. a movable plank used as a ramp to board or disembark from a ship or boat.
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| WordNet: gangplank |
The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
a temporary bridge for getting on and off a vessel at dockside
Synonyms: gangboard, gangway
| Translations: Gangplank |
Dansk (Danish)
n. - løbebro, gangbræt, landgang
Français (French)
n. - passerelle
Deutsch (German)
n. - Landungsbrücke
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (ναυτ.) διαβάθρα. πρόχειρη σκάλα
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)
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) يعبر, لوح خشبي للعبور
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - כבש האניה, גשר בין סירות, גמלה
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