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Definition of Gangplanks
1. gangplank [n] - See also: gangplank
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gangplanks
Literary usage of Gangplanks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The General Ordinances of the City of Portland, Oregon by Portland (Or.)., Portland (Or.), Thomas C. Devlin (1905)
"AN ORDINANCE providing for the protection of persons passing to and from ships
by way of gangplanks. The City of Portland does ordain as follows: (Netting ..."
2. What a New York Trooper Saw of the War by Charles Fuller (1900)
"me tell you, to begin with, that the gangplanks leading from one deck to another
were about three and a half feet wide, with a high rail on each side, ..."
3. The Literary Digest History of the World War: Compiled from Original and (1919)
"It was 7 o'clock when the interned crew, carrying valises, bags and packages of
all sorts, began to stream down the five gangplanks. ..."
4. Public Health Methods and Their Application in Portland ...by Public Health Bureau by Public Health Bureau (1922)
"... proper lighting of the docks and gangplanks and for safety nets under gangplanks.
It also restricts the throwing of refuse into the harbor. ..."
5. Don Balasco of Key West: A Novel by Archibald Clavering Gunter (1896)
"Pull in those gangplanks, and all hands aboard ! ... Gracious! how the gangplanks
came in! Goodness! how the desperadoes swarmed on board ! ..."
6. The General Ordinances of the City of Portland, Oregon by Portland (Or.)., Portland (Or.), Thomas C. Devlin (1905)
"AN ORDINANCE providing for the protection of persons passing to and from ships
by way of gangplanks. The City of Portland does ordain as follows: (Netting ..."
7. What a New York Trooper Saw of the War by Charles Fuller (1900)
"me tell you, to begin with, that the gangplanks leading from one deck to another
were about three and a half feet wide, with a high rail on each side, ..."
8. The Literary Digest History of the World War: Compiled from Original and (1919)
"It was 7 o'clock when the interned crew, carrying valises, bags and packages of
all sorts, began to stream down the five gangplanks. ..."
9. Public Health Methods and Their Application in Portland ...by Public Health Bureau by Public Health Bureau (1922)
"... proper lighting of the docks and gangplanks and for safety nets under gangplanks.
It also restricts the throwing of refuse into the harbor. ..."
10. Don Balasco of Key West: A Novel by Archibald Clavering Gunter (1896)
"Pull in those gangplanks, and all hands aboard ! ... Gracious! how the gangplanks
came in! Goodness! how the desperadoes swarmed on board ! ..."
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