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- Gangway - v. i. - A passage or way into or out of any inclosed place; esp., a temporary way of access formed of planks.
- Gangway - v. i. - In the English House of Commons, a narrow aisle across the house, below which sit those who do not vote steadly either with the government or with the opposition.
- Gangway - v. i. - The opening through the bulwarks of a vessel by which persons enter or leave it.
- Gangway - v. i. - That part of the spar deck of a vessel on each side of the booms, from the quarter-deck to the forecastle; -- more properly termed the waist.
- Crosscut - n. - A level driven across the course of a vein, or across the main workings, as from one gangway to another.
- Manrope - n. - One of the side ropes to the gangway of a ship.