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Meaning of gangboard | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A board or plank used as a temporary footbridge between a ship and a dockside or any gap such as scaffolding.
  2. A board or plank placed within or without the bulwarks of a vessel's waist for lookouts to walk or stand on.
  3. The boards ending the hammock-nettings at either side of the entrance from the accommodation-ladder to the deck.

Equivalents

Bosanski steg
Deutsch Landungsbrücke Landungssteg Steg
Suomi lankonki
Hrvatski steg
Nederlands loopplank
Português prancha de desembarque
Русский сходня трап
Српски steg

Examples

“The brigantine's yawl under the port gangboard was put over, and three volunteers offered to row for help.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

gangbuster gangbusting Gangca gangday gangdom Gange

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