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Meanings of main hatchway in English

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Usage of main hatchway in English
1
He hurried forward along the heaving, jerking deck to the main hatchway.
Stella Fregelius: A Tale of Three Destinies
2
Look, lad; I want a grenade, now, thrown down their main hatchway.
Israel Potter: His Fifty Years of Exile
3
Toney crawled out and up the ladder of the main hatchway.
Dick Cheveley: His Adventures and Misadventures
4
At sunset the prisoners were driven below, and the main hatchway was closed.
American Prisoners of the Revolution
5
Although the main hatchway was closed, the fore and companion hatches were open.
The Three Admirals
6
Two men walked the deck near the main hatchway, the other four were forward.
Peter the Whaler
7
Tyacke's voice pursued him forward to the main hatchway.
For my Country’s Freedom
8
When I awoke the sun was shining down through the main hatchway into the berth.
Will Weatherhelm: The Yarn of an Old Sailor
9
The firkins were first deposited upon the deck, and then lowered down the main hatchway.
American Prisoners of the Revolution
10
He sprang up the main hatchway ladder, and rushing up seized me in his arms.
Ben Burton: Born and Bred at Sea
11
He had got as far as the main hatchway when he saw another sea rising.
True Blue
12
At that moment the heads of three Frenchmen appeared above the combing of the main hatchway.
Will Weatherhelm: The Yarn of an Old Sailor
13
I had him taken down the main hatchway and put into a hammock in the 'tween-decks.
The Rescue: A Romance of the Shallows
14
Three fell; the rest, in spite of the sentries, making a desperate rush, leapt down the main hatchway.
From Powder Monkey to Admiral: A Story of Naval Adventure
15
The corn was then heard to shift bodily, the force of the movement bursting open the main hatchway.
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 3
16
Two hours later the Count d'Artigas comes up through the main hatchway and takes his customary place aft.
Facing the Flag
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United Kingdom
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