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Gangplank   /gˈæŋplˌæŋk/   Listen
Gangplank

noun
1.
A temporary bridge for getting on and off a vessel at dockside.  Synonyms: gangboard, gangway.





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"Gangplank" Quotes from Famous Books



... gangplank was being lowered, and he hurried Bo out on it, so that when it touched the bank he was all ...
— The Arkansaw Bear - A Tale of Fanciful Adventure • Albert Bigelow Paine
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... their party had wormed its way through the crowd and were waiting at the foot of the gangplank ...
— Lucile Triumphant • Elizabeth M. Duffield
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... exceedingly natty and fashionable in attire, rather overly so I thought, while the former wore a long coat, and high white stock. Involuntarily I had placed them in my mind as river gamblers, but was still observing their movements with some curiosity, when Captain Thockmorton crossed the gangplank and began ascending the steep bluff. The path to be followed led directly past where I was sitting, and, recognizing me, he ...
— The Devil's Own - A Romance of the Black Hawk War • Randall Parrish
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Words linked to "Gangplank" :   footbridge, pedestrian bridge, overcrossing


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