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gangplank
[gang-plangk]
noun
a flat plank or small, movable, bridgelike structure for use by persons boarding or leaving a ship at a pier.
gangplank
/ ˈɡæŋˌæŋ /
noun
nautical a portable bridge for boarding and leaving a vessel at dockside
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of gangplank1
Example Sentences
Before we reached the gangplank at New York City, they dropped us once on cobblestones.
Jack said he watched me until my feet disappeared over the gangplank …
But the first person George saw as they walked down the gangplank was Papa.
One outside Fort Worth built a gangplank 22 feet above an arcade floor — walk it if you dare.
George Dasch and his team boarded a freighter, crossed its deck, and walked carefully over a gangplank into German U-boat 202.
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