From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishhatchwayhatch‧way /ˈhætʃweɪ/ noun [countable] DHHTBBa hatch2(2)
Examples from the Corpus
hatchway• Inglis made calculations about the effect of hatchways and other openings in large structures like ships.• Ahead of him blue light shone out of the open hatchway.• It hung from a square hatchway under the Ship.• The heavy bag tore the button off the front of my uniform as I stepped through the hatchways.• She popped through hatchways into alleys and back into ducts again. 