gangplank

English

Etymology

From gang (“way, path, course of travel”) +‎ plank (“board”)

Noun

gangplank (plural gangplanks)

(nautical) A board used as a temporary footbridge between a ship and a dockside

Derived terms

walk the gangplank

Related terms

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 (nl)
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, pomprennau f pl

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