A half-door. A contrivance for trapping salmon. (See heck.)
·noun A flood gate; a a sluice gate. II. Hatch ·noun A <<Bedstead>>. III. Hatch ·noun Development;...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·noun A vessel whose deck consists almost wholly of movable hatches; — used mostly in the fisheries...
To go to the manor of pickt hatch, a cant name for some part of the town noted for bawdy houses in S...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
A smaller kind of companion, but readily removable; it is in use for merchantmen's half decks, and l...
The Sailor's Word-Book
To secure the hatches; are padlocked and sealed. ...
A sort of small vessel known as a pilot-boat, having a deck composed almost entirely of hatches. ...
Gun brigs had hatches instead of lower decks. ...
Rings to lift the hatches by, or replace them. ...
A lid or hatch for covering and closing the scuttles when necessary. ...
A word of caution to the helmsman, not to let the ship fall to leeward of her course. ...