# gangway
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English gangway, from Old English gangweġ (“passageway; thoroughfare”), equivalent to gang +‎ way. Related to Dutch gang (“hallway”) and Norwegian gang (“hallway”).

### Noun

gangway (plural gangways)
* A passageway through which to enter or leave, such as one between seating areas in an auditorium, or between two buildings.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:alley
** 2023 December 10, Ryan Krull, “St. Louis Police File Felony Charge Against Bar:PM Owner After SUV Crash”, in Riverfront Times‎:Morris then allegedly tried to flee into a gangway between the bar and another building, closing a gate on an officer as he did
* An articulating bridge or ramp, such as from land to a dock or a ship.
** 1961 March, ""Balmore"", “Driving and firing modern French steam locomotives”, in Trains Illustrated, page 150:We came over on the usual mid-morning service from Victoria and this time, as we came down the gangway of the Invicta, the Shedmaster at Calais, M. Leclerc, and Henri Dutertre were waiting for us.
** 2012 March 30, Joe Levy, “Rockers at Sea”, in The New York Times‎:Like a lot of my fellow passengers — indie-rock fans who had signed up for a three-day voyage full of bands and beverages — I’d never been on a cruise before. So I don’t know whether most of them begin with a staff member high-fiving each and every person who comes off the gangway.
* A temporary passageway, such as one made of planks.
* (rare, obsolete outside dialects) A clear path through a crowd or a passageway with people.
* (UK, Ireland) An aisle.
* (nautical) A passage along either side of a ship's upper deck.
* (nautical) A passage through the side of a ship or an opening in the railing through which the ship may be boarded.
* (agriculture) An earthen and plank ramp leading from the stable yard into the upper storey or mow of a dairy barn.
* (Chicago) The narrow space between two buildings or houses, used to access the backyard/alleyway from the front.
* A passageway through a passenger car

#### Hyponyms

* (enclosed corridor between an airport and plane): See jet bridge

#### Derived terms

* below the gangway
* gangwayed
* gangwayman

#### Related terms

* gangplank
* gangboard

#### Translations
### Verb

gangway (third-person singular simple present gangways, present participle gangwaying, simple past and past participle gangwayed)
* To serve as, furnish with, or conduct oneself as though proceeding on a gangway.
** 2004, Bill Hillsman, Run the Other Way:He gangwayed his way through the crowd, and just as the clock struck midnight, he was standing in front of NBC's camera on national TV as the governor-elect of Minnesota and the first Reform Party candidate ever to be elected to high office.
** 2014, Jude Cook, Byron Easy:They're conducting phone conversations without speaking into the wrong end of their mobiles, or gangwaying to the Gents without tripping over, or turning the pages of a newspaper without blacking adjacent eyes.
** 2014, Kevin McAleer, Dueling: The Cult of Honor in Fin-de-Siecle Germany:Here also of exceptional value were the half-dozen dueling codes published after 1880, gangwaying a detailed analysis in chapter II of the manner in which duels unfolded, and dozens of French sources which formed the core of a chapter on the French duel.

### Interjection

gangway
* (to a crowd) Make way! Clear a path!
** 1934, P[amela] L[yndon] Travers, “Full Moon”, in Mary Poppins (Mary Poppins; 1), London: Gerald Howe Ltd […], →OCLC, page 157:And he pushed his way through the crowd crying, "Gangway, gangway!" and dragging Jane and Michael after him.