Gāng'wāy, n.
n. [See GANG.] 1. A passage, way, or avenue, into or out of any inclosed place.
Sense 2. (Naut.) That part of the vessel on the spar-deck, on each side of the booms, from the quarter-deck to the forecastle; — more properly termed the waist. Totten.
To bring to the gangway, to punish a seaman by tying him up and flogging him, in the waist or at the gangway, the usual place of punishment. Totten.