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In a departmental organization what is a gangplank?
In a departmental organization what is a gangplank?
What is another word that means the same as gangplank?
A gangplank is a movable plank used as a ramp to board or disembark from a ship or boat. Another word for gangplank is ramp.
What does 'gangplank' mean?
The gangplank is the flat board that temporarily leads from the dock to the side of a ship, used for boarding or disembarking the ship.
What are those planks they use to get onto ships?
Gangplank
Board a ship?
Walk up the gangplank, from the dock to the ship.
What is the walk way to board a ship called?
A gangplank or gangway.
A sentence using the word gangplank?
Tom the cook had come to the end of the gangplank, that narrow board he had often used to come on and go off the ship while docked at the pier, but here in the middle of the ocean there was no turning around with these so-called friends of his poking their swords into his backside.
What is a Platform called for getting on and off a ship?
It is the Brow is going from shore to ship. Gangplank is going from ship to ship.
Where do you go to board ship?
To board a ship you would go to the ocean or a large body of water. You would use a gangplank or gangway to board the ship.
Where do you go to board a ship?
To board a ship you would go to the ocean or a large body of water. You would use a gangplank or gangway to board the ship.
What is gangplank?
A gangplank is a board, walkway, ramp or stairs extending from a floating vessel to load or unload people and/or material. Is is still in common usage. It is not an archaic term. Here in the Mediterranean, it is often called a passerelle. Nearly every boat and yacht has at least one. I use ours daily. In the movies and old novels, it was said to be use to send unwanted sailors to their deaths. They "walked the plank" while at sea, with nothing but air and the ocean below at the other end. Perhaps a myth, although clearly, barbaric cruelty was not rare.
What is a gangplank?
A gangplank is a board, walkway, ramp or stairs extending from a floating vessel to load or unload people and/or material. Is is still in common usage. It is not an archaic term. Here in the Mediterranean, it is often called a passerelle. Nearly every boat and yacht has at least one. I use ours daily. In the movies and old novels, it was said to be use to send unwanted sailors to their deaths. They "walked the plank" while at sea, with nothing but air and the ocean below at the other end. Perhaps a myth, although clearly, barbaric cruelty was not rare.
