noun. A staircase leading from a deck to the cabins or area below.

noun. The staircase at the entrance to a ship's cabin.

noun. a stairway or ladder that leads from one deck to another on a ship.

noun. a staircase or ladder from one deck to another on a ship

noun. a stairway or ladder that leads from one deck to another on a ship

"Once, polishing the brasswork on the hand-rails of the cabin companionway, Daughtry overheard the ancient one explaining his terrible scar and missing fingers to Grimshaw and the Armenian"

staircase  stairway  

15-foot  53-47  Sec.  agley  airlock  

passageway  stairs