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 board or plank placed within or without the bulwarks of a vessel's waist for lookouts to walk or stand on.
A covered entrance to a building, whether taken from the interior, and forming a sort of vestibule within the main wall, or projecting without and with a separate roof. A porch often has chair(s), table(s) and swings.
A portico; a covered walk.
The platform outside the external hatch of a spacecraft.