companionway

Example Sentences

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With a tether connecting her to the 30-foot sailboat, she crouched down in the entrance to the companionway and stayed out of harm’s way while her father trimmed the sail.

From Seattle Times • May 28, 2021

One wave smashed through his companionway, flooded the boat, fried his electronics and sparked a small fire.

From Washington Post • Sep. 24, 2018

Near this boat station there was a companionway which leads over No. 3 hatch, and it was here that the second torpedo had struck us.

From Time Magazine Archive

Twin pantries on either side of the companionway provide additional storage.

From Time Magazine Archive

The jamb was splitting on the inside and it finally gave way and he pushed it open and stepped down the companionway into the cabin.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy