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gangway
English
Etymology
From Middle English gangway, from Old English gangwe? (“passageway; thoroughfare”), equivalent to gang +? way. Related to Dutch gang (“hallway”) and Norwegian gang (“hallway”).
Noun
gangway (plural gangways)
- A passageway through which to enter or leave, such as one between seating areas in an auditorium, or between two buildings.
- An articulating bridge or ramp, such as from land to a dock or a ship.
- A temporary passageway, such as one made of planks.
- (rare, obsolete outside dialects) A clear path through a crowd or a passageway with people.
- (Britain) An aisle.
- (nautical) A passage along either side of a ship's upper deck.
- (nautical) A passage through the side of a ship or an opening in the railing through which the ship may be boarded.
- (agricultural) An earthen and plank ramp leading from the stable yard into the upper storey or mow of a dairy barn.
- (Chicago) The narrow space between two buildings or houses, used to access the backyard/alleyway from the front.
- A passageway through a passenger car
Synonyms
- (narrow space between two buildings): See Thesaurus:alley
Hyponyms
- (enclosed corridor between an airport and plane): See jet bridge
Related terms
- gangplank
- gangboard
Translations
Verb
gangway (third-person singular simple present gangways, present participle gangwaying, simple past and past participle gangwayed)
- To serve as, furnish with, or conduct oneself as though proceeding on a gangway.
Interjection
gangway
- (to a crowd) Make way! Clear a path!
- 1934, P. L. Travers, Mary Poppins, p 157:
- And he pushed his way through the crowd crying, "Gangway, gangway!" and dragging Jane and Michael after him.
- 1934, P. L. Travers, Mary Poppins, p 157:
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brow
English
Etymology
From Middle English browe, from Old English br?, from Proto-Germanic *br?w?, from Proto-Indo-European *h?b?rúHs (“brow”) (compare Middle Irish brúad, Tocharian B pärw?ne (“eyebrows”), Lithuanian bruvìs, Serbo-Croatian obrva, Russian ????? (brov?), Ancient Greek ????? (ophrús), Sanskrit ???? (bhr?)), Persian ????? (abr?, “eyebrow”)).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /b?a?/
- Rhymes: -a?
Noun
brow (plural brows)
- The ridge over the eyes; the eyebrow.
- c. 1599, William Shakespeare, As You Like It, Act III Scene v[1]:
- 'Tis not your inky brows, your black silk hair, / Your bugle eyeballs, nor your cheek of cream / That can entame my spirits to your worship.
- c. 1763, Charles Churchill (satirist)\Charles Churchill, The Ghost
- And his arch'd brow, pulled o'er his eyes, / With solemn proof proclaims him wise.
- c. 1599, William Shakespeare, As You Like It, Act III Scene v[1]:
- The first tine of an antler's beam.
- The forehead.
- c. 1597, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 1, Act II Scene iii[2]:
- Thy spirit within thee hath been so at war,
- And thus hath so bestirr'd thee in thy sleep,
- That beads of sweat have stood upon thy brow
- Like bubbles in a late-disturb'd stream, […]
- c. 1597, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 1, Act II Scene iii[2]:
- The projecting upper edge of a steep place such as a hill.
- the brow of a precipice
- (mining) A gallery in a coal mine running across the face of the coal.
- (figuratively) Aspect; appearance.
- (nautical) The gangway from ship to shore when a ship is lying alongside a quay.
- (nautical) The hinged part of a landing craft or ferry which is lowered to form a landing platform; a ramp.
Synonyms
- forehead
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
brow (third-person singular simple present brows, present participle browing, simple past and past participle browed)
- To bound or limit; to be at, or form, the edge of.
- 1634, John Milton, Comus
- Tending my flocks hard by i' the hilly crofts / That brow this bottom glade.
- 1634, John Milton, Comus
Middle English
Noun
brow
- Alternative form of browe
Norn
Etymology
From Old Norse brauð, from Proto-Germanic *braud?. Compare Shetlandic brau.
Noun
brow
- (Orkney) bread
Plautdietsch
Adjective
brow
- brave, audacious, daring, courageous, dauntless, intrepid
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