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Definition of Hatchways
1. hatchway [n] - See also: hatchway
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hatchways
Literary usage of Hatchways
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handbook of Ship Calculations, Construction and Operation: A Book of by Charles Haynes Hughes (1917)
"hatchways.—Beams forming the end of hatchways above 10 ft. in length where beams
are at every frame are to be not less than the size required for beams at ..."
2. A Treatise on the Law of Negligence by Thomas Gaskell Shearman, Amasa Angell Redfield, Robert Gould Street (1913)
"Trap-doors, hoistways, hatchways, etc. — Trapdoors, hoistways, elevator-shafts,
and similar openings in floors, unless far removed from those parts of the ..."
3. Collection of the Most Celebrated Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of by Forster, R. P (1818)
"... was by placing all but the officers and the wounded in the hold, where, to
give them as much air as possible, two hatchways were left open; ..."
4. Iron Ship-building by John Grantham (1868)
"hatchways. The hatchways of iron ships are now almost always made of iron.
In those for the cargo, where suitable covers and tarpaulins are used, ..."
5. The Law of Passenger and Freight Elevators by James Avery Webb (1905)
"... recover damages from the owner of the premises (Barowski v. Schulz, 112 Wis.
415; 88 NW Rep. 236). § 46. Trapdoors and hatchways — Statutes construed. ..."
6. The City Charter: Act Creating Board of Park Commissioners, Municipal Court by Minneapolis (Minn.), Grove B. Cooley, Minnesota (1883)
"All buildings within the city having hatchways, hoist- ways, cellar openings
leading from floor to floor, (except properly protected skylights) of whatever ..."
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