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

Instead, the companionway leads to a full-beam, full-length party zone.

From Time Magazine Archive

Down some stairs, or a companionway, there was a small saloon where John Faa was talking quietly with Nicholas Rokeby, the gyptian in charge of the vessel.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman