A board or plank placed within or without the bulwarks of a vessel's waist for lookouts to walk or stand on.
The boards ending the hammock-nettings at either side of the entrance from the accommodation-ladder to the deck.
A board or plank used as a temporary footbridge between a ship and a dockside or any gap such as scaffolding.
A place on a shoreline where a boat lands.
An arrival at a surface, as of an airplane or any descending object.
A level area at the top of a flight of stairs, or connecting one flight with another.