'To bring to the gangway' definitions:

Definition of 'To bring to the gangway'

From: GCIDE

Gangway \Gang"way`\, n. [See Gang, v. i.]
1. A passage or way into or out of any inclosed place; esp., a temporary way of access formed of planks. [1913 Webster]
2. 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. [1913 Webster]
3. (Naut.) The opening through the bulwarks of a vessel by which persons enter or leave it. [1913 Webster]
4. (Naut.) 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. --Totten. [1913 Webster]
Gangway ladder, a ladder rigged on the side of a vessel at the gangway.
To bring to the gangway, to punish (a seaman) by flogging him at the gangway. [1913 Webster]