- A passage or way into or out of any inclosed place;
esp., a temporary way of access formed of planks. - 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. - The opening through the bulwarks of a vessel by which
persons enter or leave it. - 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.
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