Definition of "gangboard" []

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

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• "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."
• "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."