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Gangway vs Brow - What's the difference?

gangway | brow |

In nautical terms the difference between gangway and brow

is that gangway is a passage through the side of a ship or though a railing through which the ship may be boarded while brow is the hinged part of a landing craft or ferry which is lowered to form a landing platform; a ramp.

As nouns the difference between gangway and brow

is that gangway is a passageway through which to enter or leave, such as one between seating areas in an auditorium, or between two buildings while brow is the ridge over the eyes; the eyebrow (Wikipedia).

As an interjection gangway

is make way! Clear a path.

As a verb brow is

to bound or limit; to be at, or form, the edge of.

gangway

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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.
  • (British) An aisle.
  • (nautical) A passage along either side of a ship's upper deck.
  • (nautical) A passage through the side of a ship or though a 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.

    • Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • (to a crowd) Make way]]! [[clear, Clear a path!
  • * 1934 , , p 157:
    • And he pushed his way through the crowd crying, "Gangway', ' gangway !" and dragging Jane and Michael after him.

    brow

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The ridge over the eyes; the eyebrow ().
  • * Churchill
    • And his arched brow , pulled o'er his eyes, / With solemn proof proclaims him wise.
  • The first tine of an antler's beam.
  • The forehead ().
  • * Shakespeare
    • Beads of sweat have stood upon thy brow .
  • * {{quote-book, year=1913, author=
    • , title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad , chapter=5 citation , passage=Mr. Banks’ panama hat was in one hand, while the other drew a handkerchief across his perspiring brow .}}
  • The projecting upper edge of a steep place such as a hill.
    • the brow of a precipice
  • (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.
  • An eyebrow.
  • * Shakespeare
    • 'Tis not your inky brows , your black silk hair.

    Derived terms

    * beetle-browed * eyebrow

    Synonyms

    * forehead

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To bound or limit; to be at, or form, the edge of.
  • * Milton
    • Tending my flocks hard by i' the hilly crofts / That brow this bottom glade.