gangplanks
Boarding ramps, dockside
Gangplanks is the plural of gangplank, a movable bridge or ramp used to board or disembark from a ship.
The plank typically extends from the vessel's deck to the dock or shore: Passengers streamed down the gangplanks onto the pier.
The term appears in nautical contexts and occasionally as a metaphor for any transitional passage.
Exit a vehicle
- pierWaterfront landing structure
- dockMooring structure at water's edge
- vesselReceptacle for contents
- shipSeagoing transport vessel
ramp · wharf · mooring · quay · embarkation · deck · harbor · berth
Sloped connecting surface
- temporaryLimited in duration
- portableAble to be carried
- aluminumElement thirteen
- woodenMade from timber
handrail · scaffold · access · industrial · adjustable · loading · safety · incline
Locomotion on foot
- Jolly RogerBuccaneer's standard
- buccaneerCaribbean colonial-era pirate
- cutlassCurved slashing naval blade
- captiveOne held by force
blindfold · mutiny · punishment · execution · sharks · swashbuckler · maroon · keelhaul
disembark
Exit a vehicle
ship · ramp · wharf · mooring · quay · embarkation · deck · harbor · berth · jetty
ramp
Sloped connecting surface
wooden · handrail · scaffold · access · industrial · adjustable · loading · safety · incline · platform
walking
Locomotion on foot
- Jolly RogerBuccaneer's standard
- buccaneerCaribbean colonial-era pirate
- cutlassCurved slashing naval blade
captive · blindfold · mutiny · punishment · execution · sharks · swashbuckler · maroon · keelhaul · corsair
- maritimeships, ship, boat, boats, anchors
- shippingshipping, cargo ships, container ships, freight, package
- walk the gangplankForced overboard by pirates
- gangplank down
- walking the gangplankPirate's fatal promenade
- walked the gangplankForced overboard by pirates