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prep.phr. 1 Confined below in a vessel. 2 Under arrest, or in slavery, distress, etc.
Usage examples of "under hatches".
But even so, Doctor, even so, I think I should have had you run aboard and kept under hatches till we were at sea.
Vanslyperken told his own tale, how he had been hailed by a boat, purporting to have a messenger on board, how they had boarded him and beat down himself and his crew, how he and his crew had fought under hatches and beat them on deck, and how they had been forced to abandon the cutter.
They plundered us cruelly - stripped to the bone - and for the first few days they kept us under hatches.
If the Porta Coeli did anything unexpected, they would wonder idly what unknown condition on board had caused the harbourmaster's representative - now gagged and bound under hatches - to change his plans.
If the Porta Coeli did anything unexpected, they would wonder idly what unknown condition on board had caused the harbourmaster's representative now gagged and bound under hatches to change his plans.
The good ship Spartan was lying off Boston Quay with her cargo under hatches, her passengers shipped, and everything prepared for a start.
Then, all being aboard the three ships, with the treasure safely stowed in their holds and the slaves under hatches, the buccaneers weighed anchor and stood out for the bar, each vessel towing three piraguas astern.
The exterior weapon projections were under hatches now, but there was no doubt that they were there.