Associations to the word «Hatchway»

Wiktionary

HATCHWAY, noun. 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

Dictionary definition

HATCHWAY, noun. An entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats