gangplank
noun
gang·plank
ˈgaŋ-ˌplaŋk 
: a movable bridge used in boarding or leaving a ship at a pier
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Driveways and paths to front doors become gangplanks, and windows, rectangular portholes; laundry lines off back porches were a string of signal flags that sent wordless personal messages to all within eyesight.
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Jody Mamone, Hartford Courant, 17 July 2025
Our room, 203, was blissfully quiet despite being only two doors down from the ship’s reception desk, and — just beyond — the automatic glass doors that led to the gangplank when we were docked.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 June 2025
Nearby, Sayed Hassan waits for us at the bottom of the gangplank, smiling broadly in his long green robe – a galabia.
—Francine Kiefer, Christian Science Monitor, 1 Apr. 2025
Additionally, passengers board and disembark by way of a narrow gangplank.
—Matt Dutile, Travel + Leisure, 7 Feb. 2025
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Jody Mamone, Hartford Courant, 17 July 2025
Our room, 203, was blissfully quiet despite being only two doors down from the ship’s reception desk, and — just beyond — the automatic glass doors that led to the gangplank when we were docked.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 June 2025
Nearby, Sayed Hassan waits for us at the bottom of the gangplank, smiling broadly in his long green robe – a galabia.
—Francine Kiefer, Christian Science Monitor, 1 Apr. 2025
Additionally, passengers board and disembark by way of a narrow gangplank.
—Matt Dutile, Travel + Leisure, 7 Feb. 2025
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gangplank
noun
gang·plank
ˈgaŋ-ˌplaŋk
: a movable bridge from a ship to the shore
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