gangboard

IPA: gˈæŋbɔrd

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

Examples of "gangboard" in Sentences

As Quirk walked back across the gangboard, he stirred and sat up.
He walked back across the gangboard to the quay and the waiting stranger.
In a very few minutes the bow of the boat was run up on the beach, the gangboard put out, and then the officer stepped ashore.
But the sad eyed Thorgils paid no heed to the question, but only crept nearer to the end of the gangboard, and stood there earnestly watching.
McBride stood at his customary station next to the tiller, watching over the boat, one eye always on the short gangboard that crossed to the quay.
SANTAYANA Tunan WERE three yellow "Critical" signals lit on the long gangboard when Helmuth passed through the gang deck on the, way back to duty.
Our vessel ran its nose boldly into the shore; a wide gangboard was thrown to the foot of the shoot, making a complete connection with our lower deck, where the busy hands had already constructed a species of barricade of cotton-bales to receive the shock of their coming brother bale.