'Companion hatch' definitions:

Definition of 'Companion hatch'

From: GCIDE
  • Companion \Com*pan"ion\ (k[o^]m*p[a^]n"y[u^]n), n. [F. compagnon, OF. compaing, fr. an assumed LL. companio (cf. companium fellowship, a mess), fr. L. com- + panis bread. See Pantry.]
  • 1. One who accompanies or is in company with another for a longer or shorter period, either from choice or casually; one who is much in the company of, or is associated with, another or others; an associate; a comrade; a consort; a partner. [1913 Webster]
  • The companions of his fall. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • The companion of fools shall smart for it. --Prov. xiii. 20 (Rev. Ver.). [1913 Webster]
  • Here are your sons again; and I must lose Two of the sweetest companions in the world. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • A companion is one with whom we share our bread; a messmate. --Trench. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A knight of the lowest rank in certain orders; as, a companion of the Bath. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A fellow; -- in contempt. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. [Cf. OSp. compa[~n]a an outhouse, office.] (Naut.) (a) A skylight on an upper deck with frames and sashes of various shapes, to admit light to a cabin or lower deck. (b) A wooden hood or penthouse covering the companion way; a companion hatch. [1913 Webster]
  • Companion hatch (Naut.), a wooden porch over the entrance or staircase of the cabin.
  • Companion ladder (Naut.), the ladder by which officers ascend to, or descend from, the quarter-deck. --Totten.
  • Companion way (Naut.), a staircase leading to the cabin.
  • Knights companions, in certain honorary orders, the members of the lowest grades as distinguished from knights commanders, knights grand cross, and the like.
  • Syn: Associate; comrade; mate; compeer; partner; ally; confederate; coadjutor; accomplice. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Companion hatch'

From: GCIDE
  • Hatch \Hatch\, n. [OE. hacche, AS. h[ae]c, cf. haca the bar of a door, D. hek gate, Sw. h[aum]ck coop, rack, Dan. hekke manger, rack. Prob. akin to E. hook, and first used of something made of pieces fastened together. Cf. Heck, Hack a frame.]
  • 1. A door with an opening over it; a half door, sometimes set with spikes on the upper edge. [1913 Webster]
  • In at the window, or else o'er the hatch. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A frame or weir in a river, for catching fish. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A flood gate; a sluice gate. --Ainsworth. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. A bedstead. [Scot.] --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. An opening in the deck of a vessel or floor of a warehouse which serves as a passageway or hoistway; a hatchway; also; a cover or door, or one of the covers used in closing such an opening. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. (Mining) An opening into, or in search of, a mine. [1913 Webster]
  • Booby hatch, Buttery hatch, Companion hatch, etc. See under Booby, Buttery, etc.
  • To batten down the hatches (Naut.), to lay tarpaulins over them, and secure them with battens.
  • To be under hatches, to be confined below in a vessel; to be under arrest, or in slavery, distress, etc. [1913 Webster]