companionway
Below-deck access stairs
A companionway is a staircase or ladder leading from a ship's deck down to the cabins or lower levels.
The term comes from the nautical sense of companion—a raised frame around a hatch that admits light below—combined with way as a passage.
She descended the companionway to her berth.
Portable climbing frame
- hatchOpening in deck or floor
- gangwayNarrow corridor for access
- stairwayFixed ascending passage
- deckShip's flat surface
cabin · galley · bulkhead · forecastle · helm · below · berth · saloon
ladder
Portable climbing frame
deck · cabin · galley · bulkhead · forecastle · helm · below · berth · saloon · gangplank
corridor
Enclosed connecting walkway
threshold · entrance · doorway · vestibule · opening · access · egress · ingress · descend · narrow
downward
Toward a lower position
drop · lowering · below · climb · handrail · footing · steps · vertical · incline · gradient
- nauticalanchor, anchor chain, anchors, boat, boats
- sailingsailboat, sailing, sails, sailboats, catamaran
- boat partshull, keel, mast, rudder, helm
- ship interiorcabin, cargo hold, engine room, bunk, bunks
- ship partshull, keel, deck, mast, bow
- boarding walkwaysgangplank, jetway, airbridge, boarding bridge, boarding ramp
companionwaygangplank
Portable ship-boarding ramp
gangway · boarding ramp · boarding ladder · brow · Jacob's ladder