gangway

The definition of a gangway is a passage way.

(noun)

An example of gangway is the landing used by passengers to board or exit ships.

Gangway is defined as a phrase used to clear a walkway through a crowded area.

(interjection)

An example of gangway is what security would say at a concert where medical personnel need to get through.

See gangway in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

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
a main level in a mine
☆ an incline for logs, leading up to a sawmill
Brit. a passageway between rows of seats; aisle; specif., in the House of Commons, the aisle separating frontbenchers from backbenchers

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

interjection

make room; clear the way

See gangway in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

Nautical
a. A passage along either side of a ship's upper deck.
b. See gangplank.
c. An opening in the bulwark of a ship through which passengers may board.
A narrow passageway, as of boards laid on the ground.
The main level of a mine.
Chiefly British
a. The aisle that divides the front and rear seating sections of the House of Commons.
b. An aisle between seating sections, as in a theater.