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Examples of companionway
companionway
After two days lying ahull I peered out of the companionway and surveyed the scene.
From the telegraph.co.uk
A glance down the companionway of the 25-year-old 31-footer briefly stopped my heart.
From the washingtonpost.com
They are accessed by a walkway down the side of the ship rather than a centre companionway.
From the au.news.yahoo.com
A sharp toy left lying like a punji stick at the foot of the companionway had embedded itself in her bare foot.
From the telegraph.co.uk
I glanced down the companionway at Julie, who had one hand to her mouth and was hiding in the corner behind the stairs.
From the guardian.co.uk
He was in the companionway.
From the chron.com
Sick as I was, I couldn't stay put and bounded up the companionway ladder in stocking feet to get the first whiff of warm salt air swooping up from the Caribbean.
From the washingtonpost.com
- A stairway or ladder that leads from one deck to another on a ship
- 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. ...
- An interior stairway. Watch your step! Entrances into shipboard companionways often begin with a step up, before you make your way down.
- The entryway into the cabin from the deck.
- The main entrance into a sea-going sailboat, usually via a hatch leading to a ladder.
- A stairway inside the ship that connects the deck levels
- Hallway or ladder passage aboard a ship
- A staircase at the entrance of a ship's cabin.
- This is a hatch that leads from the deck to a cabin.
