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gangway definition

gang·way (gaŋ′wā′)

noun

  1. a passageway for entering, leaving, or going past
    1. an opening in a vessel's bulwarks or railing that allows passage on or off
    2. gangplank
  3. a main level in a mine
  4. ☆ an incline for logs, leading up to a sawmill
  5. Brit. a passageway between rows of seats; aisle; specif., in the House of Commons, the aisle separating frontbenchers from backbenchers

Etymology: OE gangweg, thoroughfare (< gang, in obs. sense “a going” & way)

interjection

make room; clear the way

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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