Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
A trapdoor or hatch is a sliding or hinged door that is flush with the surface of a floor, ceiling, or roof. [1] It is traditionally small in size. [ 2 ] It was invented to facilitate the hoisting of grain up through mills, however, its list of uses has grown over time. [ 3 ]
Hatch dogs around a door on the R/V Knorr. The watertight doors that allow passage through bulkheads between compartments inside a ship can be closed during emergencies to seal off one compartment from another, thus isolating flooding, smoke and heat from adjoining compartments. The objects that are wedged against the door to hold it closed are ...
Later, Toyota needed to distinguish between two 5-door versions of the Toyota Corolla, one of which was a conventional 5-door hatchback with a nearly vertical rear hatch while the other one was a 5-door more horizontal hatch, for which the term Liftback was used. Saab called similar body style of their cars combi coupé, starting from 1974. [26]
Hatch, a sealed or secure door of a ship, submarine, aircraft, spacecraft, or automobile Hatch, a sluice gate Hatch, a trapdoor , a door on a floor or ceiling
The term batten down the hatches is used prepare the ship for bad weather. This may included securing cargo hatch covers with wooden battens, to prevent water from entering from any angle. The term cargo hatch can also be a used for any deck opening leading to the cargo holds. Aircraft and spacecraft may also used the term for its cargo doors. [4]
The open trunk in the rear of a Porsche Boxster Early automobiles had provision for mounting an external trunk as on a 1931 Ford Model A, in addition to the rumble seat.. The trunk (American English) or boot (British English) of a car is the vehicle's main storage or cargo compartment, often a hatch at the rear of the vehicle.
Plug doors are often used on aircraft with pressurized cabins because this design of door provides a simple and reliable means of securing the door and preventing leakage of air. [1] As the air pressure outside becomes increasingly lower than that inside the cabin, the pressure difference causes the door to seal itself closed and prevent leakage.
Hatch coaming (bottom right) on a bugeye. Coaming is any vertical surface on a ship designed to deflect or prevent entry of water. It usually consists of a raised section of deck plating around an opening, such as a cargo hatch. Coamings also provide a frame onto which to fit a hatch cover.