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gangplank

 [gang-plangk]  

gang·plank

   [gang-plangk]
noun
a flat plank or small, movable, bridgelike structure for use by persons boarding or leaving a ship at a pier.
Also called brow, gangway.

Origin:
1840–50, Americanism; gang1 + plank
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gangplank or gangway (ˈɡæŋˌplæŋk)
 
—n
nautical a portable bridge for boarding and leaving a vessel at dockside
 
gangway or gangway
 
—n

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