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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Gangway \Gang"way`\, n. [See {Gang}, v. i.] 1. A passage or way into or out of any inclosed place esp., a temporary way of access formed of planks. 2. In the English House of Commons, a narrow aisle across the house, below which sit those who do not vote steadly either with the government or with the opposition. 3. (Naut.) The opening through the bulwarks of a vessel by which persons enter or leave it 4. (Naut.) That part of the spar deck of a vessel on each side of the booms, from the quarter-deck to the forecastle; -- more properly termed the waist. --Totten. {Gangway ladder}, a ladder rigged on the side of a vessel at the gangway. {To bring to the gangway}, to punish (a seaman) by flogging him at the gangway. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: gangway n 1: a temporary passageway of planks (as over mud on a building site) 2: a temporary bridge for getting on and off a vessel at dockside [syn: {gangplank}, {gangboard}] 3: passageway between seating areas as in an auditorium or passenger vehicle or between areas of shelves of goods as in stores [syn: {aisle}]
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