0 a board or similar object put between a boat or ship and the land, so that people can get on and off --
1 a board or similar object put between a ship and the land so that people can get on and off --
The gunboats immediately withdrew from the shore, without having time to take up their gangplanks.
He distractedly slips on the wet gangplank, hits his head, and is pitched into the water.
The 103rd floor was originally a landing platform with a dirigible gangplank.
When a siege tower was near a wall, it would drop a gangplank between it and the wall.
Two of the shipyard's workmen suffered a minor mishap when the gangplank slipped a few feet while being positioned on the pier.
Rollers attached to the end of each gangplank accommodated the ship's motion on the water.
The freight gangplanks were large ramps 80ft0 m and long 8.0ft0 m wide.
Police launches forced the boat to dock, and constabulary surrounded the gangplanks at the pier.
