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Definition of To bring to the gangway
To bring to the gangway Gangway Gang"way`, n. [See Gang, v. i.]
1. A passage or way into or out of any inclosed place; esp.,
a temporary way of access formed of planks.
2. 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.
3. (Naut.) The opening through the bulwarks of a vessel by
which persons enter or leave it.
4. (Naut.) 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. --Totten.
Gangway ladder, a ladder rigged on the side of a vessel at
the gangway.
To bring to the gangway, to punish (a seaman) by flogging
him at the gangway.