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ˈgang-board Chiefly Naut.
[f. gang n.1]
1. (See quot. 1850, and cf. gangway 3.)
1748Smollett Rod. Rand. xxiv. (1804) 164 Some of the company..stood upon the gang-boards to see us enter. 1809Naval Chron. XXI. 299 There were also some empty casks placed under the gang-board. c1850Rudim. Navig. (Weale) 120 Gangboards, narrow platforms within the sides, next the gunwales, which connect the quarter-deck to the forecastle. Each is composed of three or four deals fayed and bolted together edgewise. 1867in Smyth Sailor's Word-bk.
2. A plank, usually with cleats or steps nailed on it, for walking upon, esp. into or out of a boat.
1777Cook's 2nd. Voy. II. iii. iv. 47 As we were putting off the boat, they laid hold of the gang-board, and unhooked it off the boat's stern. 1803Wellington in Gurw. Desp. (1837) I. 488 The gang boards are then laid across the ends of the chesses on each edge of the bridge. 1840Marryat Poor Jack xiv, They threw out their gang-board. 1887Poor Nellie (1888) 34 You must climb up from the punt or walk along the gangboard by yourself.
3. A plank along the bottom of a racing-boat.
1857P. Colquhoun Comp. Oarsman's Guide 29 A backbone is the modern substitute for the gang board which 20 years ago ran down an eight from the after to the forward thwart, to stiffen the boat and for the crew to walk along.
4. ‘The boards ending the hammock-nettings at either side of the entrance from the accommodation-ladder to the deck’ (Cent. Dict.). |