gangboard
gangboard noun: a board or plank used as a temporary footbridge between a ship and a dockside or any gap such as scaffolding.
Noun
gangboard (plural gangboards)
- A board or plank used as a temporary footbridge between a ship and a dockside or any gap such as scaffolding.
- A board or plank placed within or without the bulwarks of a vessel's waist for lookouts to walk or stand on.
- The brigantine's yawl under the port gangboard was put over, and three volunteers offered to row for help.2005, Edward Rowe Snow, Jeremy D'Entremont, William Quinn, Storms and Shipwrecks of New England, Applewood Books, →ISBN, page 45
- The boards ending the hammock-nettings at either side of the entrance from the accommodation-ladder to the deck.
gangboard meaning in Tamil
gangboard in Tamil
- ஊடிணைப்பு வழி
Forms of gangboard
| plural | gangboards |
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Origin of gangboard
From gang (“way, path, course of travel”) + board (“plank”).
Questions about gangboard
- What does gangboard mean?
- Gangboard means a board or plank used as a temporary footbridge between a ship and a dockside or any gap such as scaffolding.
- What is gangboard in Tamil?
- Gangboard in Tamil is ஊடிணைப்பு வழி. See Gangboard meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is gangboard?
- Gangboard is a noun.
- What is the plural of gangboard?
- The plural of gangboard is gangboards.
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