The railed platform the ship carries onboard to use between ships or the pier to walk on and off (as in "Take in the brow.").

large gangplank leading from a ship to a pier, wharf, or float; usually equipped with rollers on the bottom and hand rails on the side.

A portable walkway from the pier or jetty to the ship's quarterdeck

The prominent ridge over the eye, with the hair that covers it, forming an arch above the orbit.

The hair that covers the brow (ridge over the eyes); the eyebrow.

The forehead; as, a feverish brow.

The edge or projecting upper part of a steep place; as, the brow of a precipice; the brow of a hill.

the peak of a hill; "the sun set behind the brow of distant hills"

A water shed over an air port; also a small inclined ramp to allow passage of trucks over a hatch coaming or bulkhead door sills, etc.

The general air of the countenance.

A low place in the roof of a mine, giving insufficient headroom.

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