Presently the hatchways had been opened and a Greek had come down and told them that the vessel had been captured from the Turks, and that they were free.
I have got all the scuttles open down below," Miller said, "and the hatchways off, so I think they will manage.
The main-deck was filled with casks, bales, and merchandise of all sorts, and the hatchways of the hold covered with sacks of flour.
During the frequent hard blows we experienced, the hatchways on the steerage were, at intervals, hermetically closed; sealing down in their noisome den, those scores of human beings.
One evening in the latitude of Portugal, when they were far from the regular route of navigation, a column of smoke and flames suddenly swept the deck, breaking through the hatchways and devouring the sails.
He saw on their steel decks round and protruding hatchways like chimneys through which groups of heads were sticking out.
In a moment the hatchways were opened; there sounded the crash of breaking pieces of wood, and the cases of petrol began to be carried off on both sides.
All skylights andhatchways were carefully covered up, two only of the latter being kept open as a means of ingress and egress.
Snow walls were also built up round the porches, and in fact round the hatchways and skylights not in use, so as to render them all the more impervious to the cold air.
Owing to the storm the hatchways had been fastened down for days.
As he had promised, the hatchways were open and the air purer.
I knew the habit of prisoners, and that there would be a general rush when the hatchways of the boat were thrown open.
So I placed myself as near one of the hatchways as possible, and when it was opened, and the rush made, the crowd of its own force lifted me from my feet and bore me into the boat.
The "guard call" sounded, and the marines began tumbling up the hatchways with their rifles.
I am afraid I shall get a pretty bad wigging for allowing them to get out, though certainly the bolts of the hatchways were all right when we changed the watch.
As soon as the admiral came on board the hatchways were opened, and the men brought up a number of the bales.
The hatchways fore and aft were made very small, with close-fitting hatches covered with tarpaulin.
In case of a gale the sails must be lowered and lashed to the deck, and all hands must go below and fasten the hatchways securely.
Jack was stationed at one of the hatchways with the second mate checking off every box, bale, and package as it went down.
Though hot, this part of the voyage is not unpleasant, for a cooling breeze is constantly setting down the hatchways from the sails.
Hatchways had to be torn to pieces, and yards rigged with most ponderous blocks, and purchases for the safe transhipment of these iron playthings.
The ship plunged and rolled to such an extent that it was almost impossible to go up and down thehatchways carrying anything; for a chap wanted more hands than he possessed to hold on with, let alone dunnage!
We then returned up the two hatchways to the middle deck above, the boy messenger Larrikins being sent down by the direction of the master-at- arms to fetch us to be measured for our uniforms, the tailor having come aboard.
I will if you like, sir," sighed the master, who had already had too much exercise between decks and up and down the hatchways to feel enamoured of a walk ashore over the rough cobblestones of the dockyard.
The swell had much subsided, and there was not a breath of wind: the smoke which rose from the hatchways ascended straight up in the air, which, as the vessel had lost all steerage way, was fortunate.
The hatchways were thrown open, and in a few moments nearly everybody on board stood upon the upper deck, breathing the outer air and gazing about them in the pure sunlight.
I ran down to my station, and, by the time I had got there, the men were tumbling down the hatchways one over another, to get to their stations as quick as possible to "right ship.
The British seamen cheer, and good reason have they to do so now, for flames are seen bursting from the ports and hatchways of their most determined opponent.
The flames now burst forth, and spread rapidly--bursting through the hatchways and ports, and soon enveloping the whole of the fore-part of the ship.
At length, as is invariably the case, the gale blew itself out, and, although the sea still ran high, the absence of broken water made it possible for the hatchways to be kept open.
From hatchways fore and aft, seamen clad in grey fearnought coats came tumbling on deck, greeting the British with jibes and laughter.
The launch was soon alongside, the hatchways were taken off, tackles were rove, and a gang of the frigate's crew went to work breaking out the cargo and hoisting it into the launch.
The miscellaneous articles were then tumbled down in an unceremonious manner, and the hatchways properly secured.
There were four hatchways in addition to the conning-tower, each of which was securely fastened.
Already the flames were bursting through her hatchways and ports and encircling her masts and spars.
Here and there, on board some of the vessels, men were seen just coming up the forehatchways on deck, but they were too far off to hear her voice had she called to them.
The exceptional mode of access to Tusayan kiva hatchways by means of short nights of stone steps has already been noticed.
The red pepper was then cast upon the fire to add its choking tortures, while round the hatchways the assailants stood showering their arrows into the mass of struggling wretches.
In Zuñi, however, where the development and use of openings has been carried further, the kiva hatchways are distinguished by a specialized form that will be described later.
Those used as hatchways are distinguishable by their greater dimensions, and in many cases by the presence of the ladders that give access to the rooms below.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "hatchways" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
