Skip to definition.
Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps


Noun: gangway  'gang,wey
  1. A temporary passageway of planks (as over mud on a building site)
     
  2. A temporary bridge for getting on and off a vessel at dockside
    - gangplank, gangboard
     
  3. [Brit] Passageway between seating areas as in an auditorium or passenger vehicle or between areas of shelves of goods as in stores
    - aisle

Derived forms: gangways

Type of: footbridge, overcrossing, passageway, pedestrian bridge

Encyclopedia: Gangway

Nearest

gangplank
gang-rape
gangrene
gangrenous
gangrenous emphysema
gangsaw
gangsta
gangster
gangster's moll
gangue
gangway
ganister
ganja
gank
gannet
gannetry
gannister
ganof
ganoid
ganoid fish
Ganoidei