hatchway

Meanings

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   noun

   an opening through a ship's deck, floor, or wall that is fitted with a hatch

   The sailor carried the lantern down through the forward hatchway.

Formed from hatch + way. Hatch in this sense denotes a movable cover over an opening, especially in a ship's deck; hatchway originally named the passage or opening protected by that cover.

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