hatchway

English

Etymology

From hatch +‎ way.

Pronunciation

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Noun

hatchway (plural hatchways)

1. 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.
   • 1924, Herman Melville, chapter 22, in Billy Budd‎^[1], London: Constable & Co.:

     Up through the great hatchways rimmed with racks of heavy shot, the watch below came pouring […]

Translations

doorway with hatch

• Bulgarian: люк (bg) m (ljuk)
• Catalan: escotilla f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 艙口／舱口 (zh) (cāngkǒu)

• Finnish: kulkuluukku
• French: écoutille (fr) f
• Georgian: ლიუკი (liuḳi)
• Italian: boccaporto (it) m
• Japanese: 艙口 (そうこう, sōkō)
• Norman: êcoutil'ye f
• Polish: luk (pl) m
• Portuguese: alçapão (pt) f
• Russian: люк (ru) m (ljuk)

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