companionway

English

Etymology

From companion +‎ way.

Noun

companionway (plural companionways)

  1. (nautical) A staircase or ladder from one deck to another on a ship.
    • 1904, Jack London, chapter 32, in The Sea-Wolf (Macmillan’s Standard Library), New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, →OCLC:
      I went up the steerage companionway two steps at a time, with nothing distinct in my mind except joy and the hope that Maud would sleep on until the surprise breakfast was quite ready for her.

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