Comments on: Nautical Terminology http://www.brickpile.com Building a brighter tomorrow with LEGO® bricks Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:33:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Bill http://www.brickpile.com/nautical-terminology-for-spacecraft/comment-page-1/#comment-50107 Bill Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:23:27 +0000 http://www.brickpile.com/nautical-terminology-for-spacecraft/#comment-50107 According to Wikipedia ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Companionway ) we're both wrong.... 'In the architecture of a ship, a companion or companionway is a raised and windowed hatchway in the ship's deck, with a ladder leading below and the hooded entrance-hatch to the main cabins. This meaning of "companion" is derived from French and Italian terms meaning "the chamber of the company," originally the name of the storeroom for provisions on board ship. The term later broadened to its current meaning.' There's also a glossary of nautical terms on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_nautical_terms According to Wikipedia ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Companionway ) we’re both wrong….

‘In the architecture of a ship, a companion or companionway is a raised and windowed hatchway in the ship’s deck, with a ladder leading below and the hooded entrance-hatch to the main cabins. This meaning of “companion” is derived from French and Italian terms meaning “the chamber of the company,” originally the name of the storeroom for provisions on board ship. The term later broadened to its current meaning.’

There’s also a glossary of nautical terms on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_nautical_terms

]]> By: Bill http://www.brickpile.com/nautical-terminology-for-spacecraft/comment-page-1/#comment-49411 Bill Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:18:47 +0000 http://www.brickpile.com/nautical-terminology-for-spacecraft/#comment-49411 I thought a companionway was a hallway. I thought a companionway was a hallway.

]]> By: terbor http://www.brickpile.com/nautical-terminology-for-spacecraft/comment-page-1/#comment-49410 terbor Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:15:44 +0000 http://www.brickpile.com/nautical-terminology-for-spacecraft/#comment-49410 Correction* ladder on a boat is called a companion way. Kitchen is a galley Correction* ladder on a boat is called a companion way.
Kitchen is a galley

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