Gangway /(?)/

Gang·way

Gangway

n.
  1. A passage or way into or out of any inclosed place; esp., 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. (Naut.)
  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. (Naut.)

Phrases & Compounds
Gangway ladder
a ladder rigged on the side of a vessel at the gangway.
To bring to the gangway
to punish (a seaman) by flogging him at the gangway.