gangway

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for gangway

gangway 🔊

gangway : ආසන අතර මාර්ගය

gangway : නැවට නගින බහින තරප්පුව

gangway : පෙත්මඟ

gangway definition

Intransitive verb.

  1. A passage or way into or out of any inclosed place; Especially., a temporary way of access formed of planks.
  2. In the English House of Commons, a narrow aisle across the house, below which sit those who do not vote steadly either with the government or with the opposition.
  3. The opening through the bulwarks of a vessel by which persons enter or leave it.
  4. That part of the spar deck of a vessel on each side of the booms, from the quarter-deck to the forecastle; -- more properly termed the waist.