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What is a gangboard?

What is a gangboard? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A board or plank used as a temporary footbridge between a ship and a dockside or any gap such as scaffolding.
  2. A board or plank placed within or without the bulwarks of a vessel's waist for lookouts to walk or stand on.
  3. The boards ending the hammock-nettings at either side of the entrance from the accommodation-ladder to the deck.
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It was nicknamed the Marines Walk because, when the ship was anchored, an armed Royal Marine would be stationed on the gangboard.

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