hatchway

hatchway

English

Etymology

hatch +‎ way

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 […]

Translations

doorway with hatch

Bulgarian: люк (bg) m (ljuk) Catalan: escotilla f Chinese: Mandarin: 艙口／舱口 (zh) (cāngkǒu) Finnish: kulkuluukku French: écoutille (fr) f Georgian: ლიუკი (liuḳi) Italian: boccaporto (it) m Japanese: 艙口 (そうこう, sōkō) Norman: êcoutil'ye f Polish: luk (pl) m Portuguese: alçapão (pt) f Russian: люк (ru) m (ljuk)

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