gangplank
/ˈɡaŋplaŋk
/noun
A movable plank, typically with cleats nailed on it, used by passengers to board or disembark from a ship or boat.Passengers descend a gangplank to access two rowboats, and many more appear already to have disembarked....
- With that said the captain turned and walked back up the gangplank to the ship and began shouting orders to his crew.
- He turned and walked back up the gangplank to the ship.