| 1. | a passageway, esp. a narrow walkway. |
| 2. | Nautical.
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| 3. | Railroads.
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| 4. | British.
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| 5. | a temporary path of planks, as at a building site. |
| 6. | Mining. a main passage or level. |
| 7. | Also called logway. the ramp up which logs are moved into a sawmill. |
| 8. | clear the way! out of the way! |
gang·way (gāng'wā') n.
[From gang1, way, passage (obsolete and dialectal).] |