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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
gang-plank

also gangplank, 1842, American English, from gang in its nautical sense of "a path for walking, passage" (see gangway) + plank. Replacing earlier gang-board.

Usage examples of "gang-plank".

Jamal behind bars, but it was enough for a gang-plank recruitment a la the Great Hew-Chatworth.