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companionway definition

com·pan·ion·way (-wā′)

noun

a stairway leading from one deck of a ship to another

Etymology: companion + way

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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