scuttle

Noun

• an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship

• container for coal; shaped to permit pouring the coal onto the fire

Verb

• to move about or proceed hurriedly
  • so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  hatchway , opening , coal scuttle , scurry , scamper , skitter