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Webster 1913 Edition

Gangway

Gang′wayˊ

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Noun.
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Verb.
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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
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a ladder rigged on the side of a vessel at the gangway.
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To bring to the gangway
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to punish (a seaman) by flogging him at the gangway.

Webster 1828 Edition

Gangway

GANG'WAY

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Noun.
A passage, way or avenue into or out of any inclosed place, especially a passage into or out of a ship, or from one part of a ship to another; also, a narrow platform of planks laid horizontally along the upper part of a ship's side, from the quarter deck to the forecastle.
To bring to the gangway, in the discipline of ships, is to punish a seaman by seizing him up and flogging him.

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