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Meanings of gangway in English

Portuguese
prancha de desembarque
Spanish
rampa de abordaje

A temporary bridge for getting on and off a vessel at dockside.

        prancha de desembarque
        Portuguese
        passagem
        Catalan
        corredor

        Passageway between seating areas as in an auditorium or passenger vehicle or between areas of shelves of goods as in stores.

              passagem
              Spanish
              pasamano

              Ship element; nautical term.

                    Related terms
                    pasamano
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                    Examples for "battement"
                    Examples for "battement"
                    1
                    Each battement and pirouette must be carried out with precision.
                    Bones Never Lie
                    2
                    "That bitch has the sloppiest battement in the studio." She slurps noisily at her own lemonade for good measure.
                    The First Lie
                    Usage of gangway in English
                    1
                    I ran forward along the keel gangway, searching for the control room.
                    Armageddon 2419 A. D.
                    2
                    He headed to the gangway but froze as Giana barked: 'Stop him!'
                    Assail
                    3
                    The gangway was fixed and the movement of the conglomerate mass began.
                    Jaffery
                    4
                    He leant over the gangway and watched the heaving of the sea.
                    The Phantom Ship
                    5
                    The boys left the ladder and moved out into the center gangway.
                    Boy Scouts in the Coal Caverns; Or, The Light in Tunnel Six
                    6
                    The brothers were now at the gangway leading down to the float.
                    Frank and Andy Afloat; Or, The Cave on the Island
                    7
                    Rage nodded and let Nomadiel speak to the river-man at the gangway.
                    Winter door
                    8
                    Shortly thereafter Duff heard from his stateroom an uproar in the gangway.
                    Ralph Granger's Fortunes
                    9
                    At the Havre boat I took the fore, he the aft gangway.
                    Jaffery
                    10
                    Here are five boys and one full grown man in the gangway.
                    Boy Scouts in the Coal Caverns; Or, The Light in Tunnel Six
                    11
                    Ralph waved his hand to them from the top of the gangway.
                    The Kingdom of the Blind
                    12
                    Bull Sternford was one of the first to pass down the gangway.
                    The Man in the Twilight
                    13
                    Awake I was, and walking in the weather-gangway, in a sailor's trot.
                    Afloat and Ashore: A Sea Tale
                    14
                    Two men now placed themselves under the lamp immediately beside the gangway.
                    Desperate Remedies
                    15
                    They have magnetic boots, but the boots only work on the gangway.
                    Wired
                    16
                    Gwynplaine, having reached the gangway, perceived a light in front of him.
                    The Man Who Laughs: A Romance of English History
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                    Translations for gangway
                    Catalan
                    corredor
                    Gangway through the time
                    Gangway across language varieties
                    United Kingdom
                    Common
                    United States of America
                    Less common