Gangboard

Origin

From gang("way, path, course of travel") + board("plank")

Full definition of gangboard

Noun

1. A board or plank used as a temporary footbridge between a ship and a dockside or any gap such as scaffolding.
2. A board or plank placed within or without the bulwarks of a vessel's waist for lookouts to walk or stand on.
• 2005 , Edward Rowe Snow, Jeremy D'Entremont, William Quinn , Storms and Shipwrecks of New England Chapter , The brigantine's yawl under the port gangboard was put over, and three volunteers offered to row for help.
3. The boards ending the hammock-nettings at either side of the entrance from the accommodation-ladder to the deck.

Related terms

• gangplank
• gangway