gangway

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun A passage along either side of a ship's upper deck.
• noun An opening in the bulwark of a ship through which passengers may board.
• noun A narrow passageway, as of boards laid on the ground.
• noun The main level of a mine.
• noun The aisle that divides the front and rear seating sections of the House of Commons.
• noun An aisle between seating sections, as in a theater.
• interjection Used to clear a passage through a crowded area.

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun A passage; a temporary passageway to a building while in the course of erection; a way or avenue into or out of any inclosed place, especially a passage into or out of a ship, or from one part of a ship to another.
• noun A passageway between rows of seats or benches; specifically, in the British House of Commons, a passageway across the house dividing it into two parts.
• noun In coal-mining, the main haulage road or level driven on the strike of the coal; any minepassage used for opening breasts, or for the hulage of the coal.
• noun In forestry, the inclined plane up which logs are moved from the water into a sawmill. Also called jack-ladder, log-jack, logway, and slip.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun A passage or way into or out of any inclosed place; esp., a temporary way of access formed of planks.
• noun 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.
• noun (Naut.) The opening through the bulwarks of a vessel by which persons enter or leave it.
• noun (Naut.) 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.
• noun a ladder rigged on the side of a vessel at the gangway.
• noun to punish (a seaman) by flogging him at the gangway.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun A passageway through which to enter or leave, such as one between seating areas in an auditorium, or between two buildings.
• noun An articulating bridge or ramp, such as from land to a dock or a ship.
• noun A temporary passageway, such as one made of planks.
• noun rare, obsolete A clear path through a crowd or a passageway with people.
• noun UK An aisle.
• noun nautical A passage along either side of a ship's upper deck.
• noun nautical A passage through the side of a ship or though a railing through which the ship may be boarded.
• noun agricultural An earthen and plank ramp leading from the stable yard into the upper storey or mow of a dairy barn.
• interjection to a crowd Make way! Clear a path!

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• noun passageway between seating areas as in an auditorium or passenger vehicle or between areas of shelves of goods as in stores
• noun a temporary passageway of planks (as over mud on a building site)
• noun a temporary bridge for getting on and off a vessel at dockside