gangway

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a temporary passageway of planks (as over mud on a building site)
  2. noun a temporary bridge for getting on and off a vessel at dockside
  3. noun passageway between seating areas as in an auditorium or passenger vehicle or between areas of shelves of goods as in stores

Etymology

From Middle English gangway, from Old English gangweġ (“passageway; thoroughfare”), equivalent to gang + way. Related to Dutch gang (“hallway”) and Norwegian gang (“hallway”).

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