after-hatch
English
Noun
after-hatch (plural after-hatches)
- (nautical) A hatch located towards the aft of a vessel.
- 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, H.L. Brækstad, transl., Folk and Fairy Tales, page 181:
- Rasmus sat in the after-hatch at the helm, while the boy was now forward, now aft, as circumstances required.