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a plank between two worlds, daring you to commit before the gap widens.
means A passage or opening for walking, especially the ramp or footway by which people board and leave a ship, or a clear aisle through a crowd.
from From Old English 'gangweg,' literally a 'going-way' — 'gang' here is the old sense of 'gang' meaning to go or walk (a cousin of the Scots 'gang' in 'gang awa'), joined to 'weg,' way. The word for a band of people came later; this 'gang' is pure motion. Sailors fixed it to the boarding plank, and the shouted 'Gangway!' to clear a path is just the same old plea: let me go through.
- shout origin
- Yelled to clear paths long before it named the plank.
- old english
- From 'gangweg,' literally a way for walking.
- ship duty
- Bridges ship and shore, the threshold of every voyage.
- aisle too
- Names the narrow passage between rows of seats.
for instance
titanic's boat deck gangway — where passengers boarded the ship before it sank in 1912