Hatches

A chicken hatches an egg and a chick emerges.

Batten down the hatches.

Batten down the hatches!

The bird, (this kingfisher, nesting in the sea) is covered with feathers, flies with pinions, and has two wings, and as many pedida, a tail, and a bill. The female, in a nest, lays eggs, and incubating those, hatches chicks.

Before proceeding to sea, the crew will batten down the hatches in order to prevent flooding below decks that might cause the ship to founder.