Complete Definition of "gangway"

English

Noun
en-noun

  1. A passageway through which to enter or leave, such as one between seating areas in an auditorium, or between two buildings.
  2. A temporary bridge such as one between a ship and the shore.
  3. A temporary passageway made of planks.
  4. British An aisle.
  5. nautical: A passage along either side of a ship's upper deck.

Interjection
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  1. context|to a crowd make way|Make way! clear|Clear a path!

#* 1981, w:P. L. Travers|P. L. Travers, w:Mary Poppins|Mary Poppins, revised edition, chapter 10,
#* And he pushed his way through the crowd crying, "Gangway, gangway!" and dragging Jane and Michael after him.

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