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Hatchway

//ˈhæt͡ʃweɪ// noun

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Noun
  1. 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.

    "Up through the great hatchways rimmed with racks of heavy shot, the watch below came pouring […]"

  2. 2
    an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship wordnet

Etymology

From hatch + way.

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