hatchway

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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

• French: écoutille
• Italian: boccaporto
• Portuguese: alçapão
• Russian: люк

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