after-hatch

noun

after-hatch

noun

1

Nautical, Transport A hatch located towards the aft of a vessel.

Rasmus sat in the after-hatch at the helm, while the boy was now forward, now aft, as circumstances required.1886, Peter Christen Asbjø￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 181:

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