Meanings
noungangboard (plural gangboards)
plural gangboards
- nauticalA board or plank placed within or without the bulwarks of a vessel's waist for lookouts to walk or stand on.
The brigantine's yawl under the port gangboard was put over, and three volunteers offered to row for help.
2005, Edward Rowe Snow, Jeremy D'Entremont, William Quinn, Storms and Shipwrecks of New England, Applewood Books, →ISBN, page 45 - The boards ending the hammock-nettings at either side of the entrance from the accommodation-ladder to the deck.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna temporary bridge for getting on and off a vessel at dockside
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From gang (“way, path, course of travel”) + board (“plank”).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Dutch loopplank
- loopplankboard used as a temporary footbridge between a ship and a dockside
Finnish lankonki
- lankonkiboard used as a temporary footbridge between a ship and a dockside
German Steg, Landungssteg
- Stegboard used as a temporary footbridge between a ship and a dockside
- Landungsstegboard used as a temporary footbridge between a ship and a dockside
- Landungsbrückeboard used as a temporary footbridge between a ship and a dockside
Portuguese prancha de desembarque
- prancha de desembarqueboard used as a temporary footbridge between a ship and a dockside
Russian схо́дня, трап
- схо́дня (sxódnja)board used as a temporary footbridge between a ship and a dockside
- трап (trap)board used as a temporary footbridge between a ship and a dockside
Cite this entry
APA
gangboard. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gangboard
MLA
“gangboard.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gangboard. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gangboard,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gangboard.
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