[
US
/kəmˈpænjənˌweɪ/
]
NOUN
- a stairway or ladder that leads from one deck to another on a ship
How To Use companionway In A Sentence
- I repeated my earlier journey back past the wheelhouse and up the companionway.
- The main points of interest on the three deck levels are the railings, lifeboat davits and companionways.
- Next, he boosted the Airedale up the companionway and slung him over the lifelines and onto the deck of the powerboat. CORMORANT
- Other key features such as bollards and companionways are still visible and rumour has it the engine room can still be penetrated.
- My word, some whale," Daughtry said to Ah Moy, as they emerged from the cabin companionway and gazed at this latest wreckage. CHAPTER XV
- Hornblower was about to return topside when the men from aloft scampered down the companionway.
- The main points of interest on the three deck levels are the railings, lifeboat davits and companionways.
- Once, polishing the brasswork on the hand-rails of the cabin companionway, Daughtry overheard the ancient one explaining his terrible scar and missing fingers to Grimshaw and the Armenian CHAPTER X
- Models built after 1993 feature a fixed dodger / windshield forward of the companionway.
- Extending his hand to her, he supported her as she picked her way down the companionway to the main deck.