hatchway

Example Sentences

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It was nonetheless immortalized in Lightfoot’s lyrics: “At 7 p.m., a main hatchway caved in, he said, ‘Fellas, it’s been good to know ya.’

From Slate • Nov. 10, 2025

Gibbon nods and puts more of his strange marks on the wall by the hatchway.

From Nature • Apr. 2, 2019

We entered frosty courts by a secret hatchway and waved wooden racquets in majestic arcs, a ceremony akin to polar explorers chiselling out ice caves.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 18, 2016

Any Hornblower student worth his salt pork knows that the most likely author of Sawyer's assist down the hatchway was Henry Wellard.

From Time Magazine Archive

His voice brought old Chad running up the hatchway.

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham