Meaning

1 senses
  1. A board used as a temporary footbridge between a ship and a dockside.

    Steg, Landungssteg, Landungsbrücke

    схо́дняsxódnja, трапtrap

    a temporary bridge for getting on and off a vessel at dockside

Translations

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board used as a temporary footbridge between a ship and a dockside:
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By meaning 1
board used as a temporary footbridge between a ship and a dockside:

Origin

From gang (“way, path, course of travel”) + plank (“board”).

From gang (“way, path, course of travel”) + plank (“board”).

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Forms

plural: gangplanks

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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