gangplank

English

Etymology

From gang (“way, path, course of travel”) +‎ plank (“board”)

Noun

gangplank (plural gangplanks)

1. (nautical) A board used as a temporary footbridge between a ship and a dockside

Translations

board used as a temporary footbridge between a ship and a dockside

• Dutch: loopplank (nl)
• Finnish: lankonki (fi)
• German: Steg (de) m, Landungssteg (de) m, Landungsbrücke (de) m
• Portuguese: prancha de desembarque (pt) f

• Russian: схо́дня (ru) (sxódnja) f, трап (ru) (trap) m
• Serbian: brv m, brvina f
• Volapük: golaboed (vo), boedaponil (vo), ponil (vo)

Derived terms

• walk the gangplank

Related terms

• gangboard
• gangway