When We Use Gangway?
Gangways Are Typically Used for Two Purposes: to Allow Passage or People and/or Cargo to/from Docks, Moored Marine Vessels, or Aircraft, or in the Maintenance...
Gangways are typically used for two purposes: to allow passage or people and/or cargo to/from docks, moored marine vessels, or aircraft, or in the maintenance and loading/unloading of land-based trucks and trains.
What does it mean when someone says gangway?
1 : passageway especially : a temporary way of planks. 2a : either of the sides of the upper deck of a ship. b : the opening by which a ship is boarded. c : gangplank.
Why do we say gangway?
gangway (n.)
Nautical use dates from 1680s in reference to a passage on the ship, from 1780 of the opening at the side whereby people enter and leave, and by 1840s of the board or bridge they use to get to and from the dock. As a command to clear way, attested by 1912, American English.
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