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Webster 1913 Edition

Hatchway

Hatch′wayˊ

(-wāˊ)
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Noun.
A square or oblong opening in a deck or floor, affording passage from one deck or story to another; the entrance to a cellar.

Webster 1828 Edition

Hatchway

HATCH'WAY

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Noun.
In ships, a square or oblong opening in the deck, affording a passage from one deck, affording a passage from one deck to another, or into the hold or lower apartments.

Definition 2024

hatchway

hatchway

English

Noun

hatchway ‎(plural hatchways)

  1. A means of passing through a wall or floor, having a hatch (especially on a ship); a doorway with a hatch rather than a door
    • 1924, Herman Melville, Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co., Chapter 22,
      Up through the great hatchways rimmed with racks of heavy shot, the watch below came pouring […]

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