Usually means: Walkway connecting ship to shore.
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  1. gangboard: Merriam-Webster
  2. gangboard: Collins English Dictionary
  3. gangboard: Vocabulary.com
  4. gangboard: Wordnik
  5. gangboard: Wiktionary
  6. gangboard: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. gangboard: Dictionary.com
  8. gangboard: Rhymezone
  9. gangboard: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  10. gangboard: FreeDictionary.org
  11. gangboard: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. gangboard: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. gangboard: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (gangboard)

noun:  (nautical) A board or plank used as a temporary footbridge between a ship and a dockside or any gap such as scaffolding.
noun:  (nautical) A board or plank placed within or without the bulwarks of a vessel's waist for lookouts to walk or stand on.
noun:  The boards ending the hammock-nettings at either side of the entrance from the accommodation-ladder to the deck.

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