hatchways

The fifteen hundred men seem to be all shouting at once, and the din which comes up through the hatchways is fearful.

The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither Isabella Lucy 1883

Some he could identify as hatchways, ship locks or docking towers; other shapes were not familiar to him.

The Dragon Lensman Kyle, David, 1919- 1981

The organ was often lashed, and I had enough to do to keep my balance, the crew on such occasions clinging to fixtures such as hatchways and stanchions with one hand, and holding the hymn-book in the other, singing heartily: --

From Lower Deck to Pulpit Henry Cowling 1909

Pacing back and forth the length of the hatchways and savagely chewing the end of a cigar, was the man whose casual glance had rescued me from the sea.

Chapter 2 2010

Overhead a series of movable hatchways were crisscrossed by cables and pulleys and dangling things that—in spite of the narrow light offered by his handbeam—managed to gouge his shoulders and his back.

Songs of Love & Death George R. R. Martin 2010

Overhead a series of movable hatchways were crisscrossed by cables and pulleys and dangling things that—in spite of the narrow light offered by his handbeam—managed to gouge his shoulders and his back.

Songs of Love & Death George R. R. Martin 2010

Tiny men and women crawled out of the various hatchways.

Masked Lou Anders 2010

Overhead a series of movable hatchways were crisscrossed by cables and pulleys and dangling things that—in spite of the narrow light offered by his handbeam—managed to gouge his shoulders and his back.

Songs of Love & Death George R. R. Martin 2010

Tiny men and women crawled out of the various hatchways.

Masked Lou Anders 2010

But standing on it, Tally could see air vents, antennae, maintenance hatchways, and of course the big circular door that the hovercars had come through, now closed.

Scott Westerfeld: Uglies Quartet Scott Westerfeld 2010