Gangplank Definition

găngplăngk
gangplanks
noun
gangplanks
A narrow, movable platform or ramp forming a bridge by which to board or leave a ship.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Gangplank

Noun

Singular:
gangplank
Plural:
gangplanks

Origin of Gangplank

  • From gang (“way, path, course of travel”) +‎ plank (“board”)

    From Wiktionary

  • From gang way (obsolete and dialectal)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Gangplank Sentence Examples

  • When he crossed the gangplank to board the steamer, his gaze was skeptical and his pen ascerbic.

  • The redcoats were cut down and their bodies fell into the dismal swamp on either side of the narrow gangplank.

  • The gangplank was hoisted on a post and fitted with an iron spike which would embed itself in the deck of an enemy vessel.

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Words Starting With

GGAGAN

Words Ending With

KNKANK

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