Main entry: hatchway, scuttle, opening
Definition: an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship
Main entry: scuttle, coal scuttle
Definition: container for coal; shaped to permit pouring the coal onto the fire
Main entry: scamper, scurry, scuttle, skitter
Definition: to move about or proceed hurriedly
Usage: so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground