gangway

gang·way

Use gangway in a sentence

A gangway leading to an old sailing ship.

interjection

Gangway is defined as a phrase used to clear a walkway through a crowded area.
An example of gangway is what security would say at a concert where medical personnel need to get through.

noun

The definition of a gangway is a passage way.
An example of gangway is the landing used by passengers to board or exit ships.

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gangway

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 of gangway

Old English gangweg, thoroughfare ( from gang, in obsolete sense “a going” and way)

make room; clear the way

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gangway

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.

interjection

Used to clear a passage through a crowded area.

Origin of gangway

From gang ¹ way, passage (obsolete and dialectal)

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Noun

(plural gangways)

A passageway through which to enter or leave, such as one between seating areas in an auditorium, or between two buildings.
An articulating bridge or ramp, such as from land to a dock or a ship.
A temporary passageway, such as one made of planks.
(UK) An aisle.
(nautical) A passage along either side of a ship's upper deck.
(nautical) A passage through the side of a ship or though a railing through which the ship may be boarded.
(agricultural) An earthen and plank ramp leading from the stable yard into the upper storey or mow of a dairy barn.

Interjection

(to a crowd) Make way! Clear a path!

Origin

From Middle English, from Old English gangweg (“passageway, thoroughfare”), equivalant to gang +‎ way. Related to Dutch gang (“hallway”) and Norwegian gang (“hallway”).

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