English

Noun

gangboard ‎(plural gangboards)

1. A board or plank used as a temporary footbridge between a ship and a dockside or any gap such as scaffolding.
2. A board or plank placed within or without the bulwarks of a vessel's waist for lookouts to walk or stand on.

   • 2005, Edward Rowe Snow, Jeremy D'Entremont, William Quinn, Storms and Shipwrecks of New England, Applewood Books, ISBN 9781933212210, page 45:

     The brigantine's yawl under the port gangboard was put over, and three volunteers offered to row for help.

3. The boards ending the hammock-nettings at either side of the entrance from the accommodation-ladder to the deck.

Translations

Related terms

• gangplank
• gangway

References

• Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia