GANGWAY
\ɡˈaŋwe͡ɪ], \ɡˈaŋweɪ], \ɡ_ˈa_ŋ_w_eɪ]\
Definitions of GANGWAY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A passage or way into or out of any inclosed place; esp., a temporary way of access formed of planks.
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In the English House of Commons, a narrow aisle across the house, below which sit those who do not vote steadly either with the government or with the opposition.
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The opening through the bulwarks of a vessel by which persons enter or leave it.
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That part of the spar deck of a vessel on each side of the booms, from the quarter-deck to the forecastle; - more properly termed the waist.
By Oddity Software
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A passage or way into or out of any inclosed place; esp., a temporary way of access formed of planks.
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In the English House of Commons, a narrow aisle across the house, below which sit those who do not vote steadly either with the government or with the opposition.
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The opening through the bulwarks of a vessel by which persons enter or leave it.
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That part of the spar deck of a vessel on each side of the booms, from the quarter-deck to the forecastle; - more properly termed the waist.
By Noah Webster.
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A passage or way by which to go into or out of any place, esp. a ship: (naut.) a narrow platform of planks along the upper part of a ship's side.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. A thoroughfare or narrow passage of any kind;—the temporary access to a building, formed by an inclined plane of wooden planks;—a strip of planking from the quarter-deck to the forecastle-deck;—the part of a ship’s side by which one enters or leaves it; also the ladder or steps attached thereto.
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