gangway
A passageway through which to enter or leaveA passageway through which to enter or leave.: An aisle between rows of seating (especially in a train, aircraft or auditorium).
» The ship lowered its gangway after docking.
Meaning
9 sensesA passageway through which to enter or leave.
(Ireland, UK)An aisle between rows of seating (especially in a train, aircraft or auditorium).
The new fleet of trains comes with widened gangways and improved seating.
passageway between seating areas as in an auditorium or passenger vehicle or between areas of shelves of goods as in stores
(UK, broadly)The dividing aisle between the rows of seats on either side of the House of Commons. Used chiefly with reference to terms such as below the gangway.
(US)The narrow space between two buildings or houses, used to access the backyard/alleyway from the front.
An articulating bridge or ramp, such as from land to a dock or a ship.
A passage along either side of a ship's upper deck.
Gangway
трапtrap, шкафу́тškafút
A passage through the side of a ship or an opening in the railing through which the ship may be boarded; (also in later use) a jet bridge.
Gangway
трапtrap, схо́дниsxódni
(rare)A temporary passageway, such as one made of planks.
Gangway, Landungsbrücke
трапtrap, схо́дниsxódni, вы́ходvýxod
a temporary passageway of planks (as over mud on a building site)
An earthen and plank ramp leading from the stable yard into the upper storey or mow of a dairy barn.
(dialectal, obsolete, rare)A clear path through a crowd or a passageway with people.
Durchgang
вы́ходvýxod, прохо́дproxód
Examples
3 sentencesThe ship lowered its gangway after docking.
Please clear the gangway or we won't be able to get out.
The gangway must be wide enough for a wheelchair to pass through it.
deDer Gang muss breit genug sein, damit ein Rollstuhl durchgeht.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English gangway, from Old English gangweġ (“passageway; thoroughfare”), equivaFrom Middle English gangway, from Old English gangweġ (“passageway; thoroughfare”), equivalent to gang + way. Related to Dutch gang (“hallway”) and Norwegian gang (“hallway”).
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