·noun A square or oblong opening in a deck or floor, affording passage from one deck or story to another; the entrance to a cellar.
A square or oblong opening in the middle of the deck of a ship, of which there are generally three t...
The Sailor's Word-Book
Nettings sometimes placed over the hatchways instead of gratings, for security and circulation of ai...
Pieces of fear-nought, or thick woollen cloth, put round the hatchways of a man-of-war in time of ac...
Those for a hempen cable are fitted as a ring-stopper, only a larger rope. They are rove through a h...
A method by which the operation of coiling is facilitated; it alludes to hempen cables, which are no...