Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A manhole.
  • noun In coal-mining: A small passageway used by the miners, but not for transportation of the coal.
  • noun The passage used as an airway or chute.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A small passageway, as in a mine, that a man may pass through.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A hole or duct by which a human being may access a utility area for maintenance purposes.

Etymologies

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man +‎ way

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Examples

  • They found the manway ladder and began to climb, Fenrir and Sigyn impatiently crowding their heels.

    Space Prison Tom Godwin 1947

  • The "entrance" to the old Hyatt Ridge Trail manway in the gap between Mount

    WN.com - Articles related to Cycling in Britain: five great waterways cycle routes 2010

  • The complete package includes: a manway collar for attaching to the tank's manway flange, 2 - 6 "high manway rings, 2-12" manway rings, a safety screen, and a lid with latches.

    ThomasNet News - Today's New Product News 2010

  • Each kit comes complete with enough component pieces to assemble a manway riser from 6 "to 36" high in just a few minutes.

    ThomasNet News - Today's New Product News 2010

  • During routine switching operations, a small quantity of the flammable and mutagenic substance was seen to spill from the manway atop the cylindrical railcar.

    LAFD News & Information 2009

  • During routine switching operations, a small quantity of the flammable and mutagenic substance was seen to spill from the manway atop the cylindrical railcar.

    LAFD News & Information 2009

  • During routine switching operations, a small quantity of the flammable and mutagenic substance was seen to spill from the manway atop the cylindrical railcar.

    LAFD News & Information 2009

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  • I’d rather be elsewhere than stay

    In caverns where nightmares can prey.

    It’s foolish, not brave

    To enter a cave

    Unless you’ve been shown a manway.

    July 15, 2018