Companionway Definition

kəm-pănyən-wā
noun
A stairway leading from one deck of a ship to another.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Companionway

Noun

Singular:
companionway
Plural:
companionways

Origin of Companionway

  • From companion framed windows above a hatchway, companionway probably alteration of obsolete Dutch kompanje from Old French compagne steward's cabin, storeroom from Old Italian (camera della) compagna (cabin for) provisions, pantry from Vulgar Latin compānia things eaten with bread Latin com- com- Latin pānis bread companion1

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • companion +‎ way

    From Wiktionary

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