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gangboard
[ gang-bawrd, -bohrd ]
noun
Nautical.
- a raised walk on a sailing ship, crossing the waist and connecting the forecastle directly with the quarterdeck.
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Origin of gangboard1
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In a very few minutes the bow of the boat was run up on the beach, the gangboard put out, and then the officer stepped ashore.
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The depth of this creek is 11 fathoms throughout, all with clean bottom; and close to the land, where one might put the gangboards on the grass, there are eight fathoms.
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But the sad eyed Thorgils paid no heed to the question, but only crept nearer to the end of the gangboard, and stood there earnestly watching.
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