weather-gangway

Awake I was, and walking in the weather-gangway, in a sailor's trot.

Great Pirate Stories Joseph Lewis French 1897

The weather-gangway is usually left for the occasional transits of that most restless of mortals, the officer of the watch, who, as in duty bound, is eternally fidgeting about the trim of the sails, and must often step forward to the chestree, from whence, while resting his foot on the tack-block of the mainsail, he may cast his eye aloft to detect something to alter in the position of the head-yards.

The Lieutenant and Commander Hall, Basil, 1788-1844 1862

Awake I was, and walking in the weather-gangway, in a sailor's trot.

Afloat and Ashore A Sea Tale James Fenimore Cooper 1820

Every now and then we heard the signal guns of the Spanish fleet booming at a distance to windward of us, and you may guess how our hearts leaped at the sound, and how we watched with all our ears for the next gun that was fired, trying to make out their bearings and distance, as we assembled in little knots upon the booms and weather-gangway.

Peter Simple; and, The Three Cutters, Vol. 1-2 Frederick Marryat 1820

Walk this boy up and down the weather-gangway, and every time you get forward abreast of the main-tack block, put his mouth to windward, squeeze him sharp by the nape of the neck until he opens his mouth wide, and there keep him and let the cold air blow down his throat, while you count ten; then walk him aft, and when you are forward again, proceed as before.

Peter Simple; and, The Three Cutters, Vol. 1-2 Frederick Marryat 1820

Captain Manual had his men paraded in the weather-gangway, and after a short address, calculated to inflame their military ardor and patriotism, acquainted them that he required twenty volunteers, which was in truth half their number, for a dangerous service.

The Pilot James Fenimore Cooper 1820

"Will you plaise just step to the weather-gangway, out of earshot of the man at the helm?

The South Sea Whaler William Henry Giles Kingston 1847