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gangplank

gangplank

English

Noun

gangplank ‎(plural gangplanks)

(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

Chinese:
Mandarin: 跳板 (zh) ‎(tiàobǎn), 踏板 (zh) ‎(tàbǎn)
Dutch: loopplank
Finnish: lankonki
French: passerelle d'embarquement f
German: Steg (de) m, Landungssteg m, Landungsbrücke (de) m

Ido: ponto (io)
Portuguese: prancha de desembarque f
Russian: схо́дня (ru) f ‎(sxódnja), трап (ru) m ‎(trap)
Serbo-Croatian: brv (sh) m, brvina f
Swedish: landgång (sv) c
Volapük: golaboed, boedaponil, ponil (vo)
Welsh: pompren f

Derived terms

walk the gangplank

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