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Ship's staircase
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companionway
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a stairway or ladder that leads from one deck to another on a ship
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
In the architecture of a ship , a companion or companionway is a raised and windowed hatchway in the ship's deck , with a ladder leading below and the hooded entrance-hatch to the main cabins. A companionway may be secured by doors or, commonly in sailboats ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ At the bottom of the companionway she struggled out of the wet oilskins and dropped them on the floor in a heap. ▪ He passed into the saloon, found the companionway at once and descended to a central passage. ▪ He strode off ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
companionway \companionway\ n. 1. a stairway or ladder that leads from one deck to another on a ship.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context nautical English) a staircase or ladder from one deck to another on a ship
Usage examples of companionway.
Teldin stopped at the head of the companionway that would lead him belowdecks and glanced back at Estriss.
She paused, not indecisive but waiting for Barnes and Dasi to come out of the companionway.
Barnes and Dasi would deal with the crewmen as they returned to the ship, barring the lower end of the companionway while a large armed party waited at C Level, the next deck above the entrance hatch.
One man bangs him smartly on the head and catches him and the next hauls him to one side out of the way and tips him down the companionway.
In any event, Hoveler managed to get to the next companionway and the next deck without being detected.
Burns, on watch at the companionway, ran forward with his revolver, and narrowly escaped being brained - Adams at that moment flinging down a marlinespike that he had carried aloft with him.
He heard Salk Elan sigh, then head in the opposite direction, ascending the companionway ladder to the main deck.
Dawn coming by that time, I suggested a guard at the two companionways, and this was done.
Flame belched out of a porthole, and the remaining Indians poured up the companionways, yelling in panic.
By good fortune, to save them both, Geordie came down the companionway, his long face glummer than ever.
Then he found himself descending a wide companionway to one of the handsomest saloons he had ever entered, a living room that, aside from its concessions to marine architecture, might have graced a residence on Park Lane or on Fifth avenue in the Sixties.
They went down a companionway, through the lower level and into one of the boathouses.
Sharpe stepped swiftly back into the surgeon's cabin where the red-painted walls and table waited for battle's casualties and from there he watched Braithwaite take a lantern from a hook beside the companionway.
Franks returned to his suite to prepare for evacuation from the Cambria to the Banks, leaving Tuit and Stanton alone in the companionway.
Oskar has forgotten to tell you that the staircase leading to the gallery was not a real staircase but more like a companionway, because on either side of its dangerously steep steps there were two extremely original clotheslines to hold on to.