Gangway (nautical)
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The port and starboard gangways of the Duquesne can be seen at the right and left of the ship's boats. The port side is fully carreened, while the starboard side shows the inner structure of the woodwork.
A cartoon satirising the fall out of the The War of the Worlds radio drama, showing a man utilising the now obsolete usage of "Gangway" to clear a path through which to flee. The 1934 novel Mary Poppins also features the line "And he pushed his way through the crowd crying, "Gangway, gangway!" and dragging Jane and Michael after him."
The Gangway is a narrow passage that joins the quarterdeck to the forecastle of a sailing ship. Its usage has also evolved from this definition to encompass other walkways, passages, aisles and routes, and a now obsolete exclamation for passage through a crowd in the manner of "make way!".[1]
Notes
- ↑ "Definition of gangway". Oxford English Dictionary. 2013-05-01. Retrieved 2013-05-01.
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