单词 | hatchway |
释义 | hatchwayn. 1. Originally and chiefly Nautical. A square or oblong opening in the deck of a ship providing access to the hold and through which cargo or other items may be lowered (= hatch n.1 5c); a similar opening forming a passageway between decks. Later also: a door or opening in an aircraft, spacecraft, etc.Often with modifying word indicating the location. fore-, main-hatchway: see the first element. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > other parts of body of vessel > [noun] > opening in deck hatchwayc1620 hatch1658 c1620 Treat. Shipbuilding (modernized text) in W. Salisbury & R. C. Anderson Treat. Shipbuilding & Treat. Rigging (1958) 12 Before the main mast there are hatchways cut out to let down provisions into the hold. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Samsons-post, a sort of pillar erected in a ship's hold..under the edge of a hatchway. 1789 E. Riou Jrnl. 24 Dec. in Last Voy. of Guardian (1990) 65 More hands were now employed..to prevent its [sc. water] running down the after hatchway. 1836 F. Marryat Mr. Midshipman Easy I. xii. 186 Kicking Mr. Easthupp..down the after-lower-deck hatchway. 1894 Westm. Gaz. 7 Dec. 5/1 An enormous wave..demolished the hatchways and flooded the hold with several feet of water. 1941 Mariner's Mirror 27 191 The hatchways and mast holes are framed to receive half-beams where required. 1978 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 1 July 16/3 Just as he cleared the hatchway, the wind caught the unattended sloop and swung her broadside to the sea. 1997 Moscow Times (Nexis) 16 Jan. Six American crew members were hauled through the hatchway to the reception on Mir... The newcomers swam aboard the space station. 2012 S. Krueger Manifest Destiny 559 All of the players were knocked..onto the hard metal deck. Flames roared up through the forward hatchway. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > lake > pool > [noun] > artificially confined water > contrivance for impounding water > gate, lock, or sluice hatchOE clowa1250 lock1261 water lock1261 sluice1340 water gate1390 sewer-gate1402 spay1415 floodgatec1440 shuttlec1440 spayer1450 gate1496 falling gate1524 spoye1528 gote1531 penstock1542 ventil1570 drawgate1587 flood-hatch1587 turnpike1623 slaker1664 lock gate1677 hatchway1705 flash1768 turnpike-lock1771 sluice-gate1781 pound-lock1783 stop-gate1790 buck gate1791 slacker1797 aboiteau1802 koker1814 guard-lock1815 falling sluice1819 lasher1840 fender1847 tailgate1875 weir-hatch1875 wicket1875 1705 Act 4 & 5 Anne c. 8 §1 in Statutes of Realm (1963) VIII. 475 Preventing the..Fish to pass..through their Fishing Wyres and Fishing Hatchways from the Sea into the said Rivers. 1791 in A. Lack Canals of Salisbury (2015) 105 It will be expedient to the Public benefit that hatches be placed in the ancient hatchway..between the main river and the canal. 1848 Fraser's Mag. Aug. 196/2 A high weir, with all its appendages of bucks and hatchways, and eel-baskets. 3. An opening in the floor, ceiling, etc., of a building, which may be closed with a trapdoor or hatch.In quot. 1814: the sliding door of a box-bed. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > [noun] > door > doorway > hatchway scuttle1737 trap-hatchway1799 hatchway1814 trap-hatch1820 trap-way1904 1814 W. Scott Waverley II. xiv. 214 Waverley had repeatedly drawn open, and they had as frequently shut, the hatchway of his cage. View more context for this quotation 1825 Beverley Lighting Act ii. 19 Leave open..the door, hatchway or flap-window. 1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Heckstower, the portable beam across the middle of the hatchway (i.e. the opening through the shop floor into the cellar) for supporting the lid. 1934 Amer. Home July 75/3 One interesting feature of the garage is a hatchway that leads into the basement. 2010 Portland (Maine) Press Herald (Nexis) 20 Sept. a1 I had to stay near the hatchway to the attic. At one point, I clumsily knocked into the heavy hatchway door, and it bonked me solidly on the head. Compounds In sense 1. ΚΠ 1846 A. Young Naut. Dict. 219 Hatchway-Nettings, are nettings sometimes placed instead of gratings, over the hatchways, for security, and to allow at the same time a free circulation of air below. hatchway screen n. ΚΠ 1830 F. Marryat King's Own I. xiii. 185 Desire the carpenter to nail up the hatchway-screens..We'll keep them up for a full due. 1907 W. Henderson Seamanship 119 Covers for coal shoots and ventilating cowls, beef screens, ladder and hatchway screens. 1975 Motor Boating & Sailing July 20/2 (advt.) Hatchway Screen Kit $5.65. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1620 |
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