gangway

gangway has 7 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 7.

Definitions

• v. i.. A passage or way into or out of any inclosed place; esp., a temporary way of access formed of planks.
• 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.
• v. i.. The opening through the bulwarks of a vessel by which persons enter or leave it.
• 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.
• n.. passageway between seating areas as in an auditorium or passenger vehicle or between areas of shelves of goods as in stores
• n.. a temporary bridge for getting on and off a vessel at dockside
• n.. a temporary passageway of planks (as over mud on a building site)