deck watch


noun
  1. (on a ship) a precision watch used on deck for navigational purposes to avoid disturbing the chronometer.

Origin of deck watch

1
First recorded in 1855–60

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How to use deck watch in a sentence

  • "After you with the deck watch," I said to the Snotty who was using it.

    From Snotty to Sub | Wolstan Beaumont Charles Weld Forester
  • Small boat with two enlisted men approaching, sir, called out the deck watch of the big battleship Long Island.

    The Battleship Boys at Sea | Frank Gee Patchin
  • Only one officer at a time kept deck watch, and only one engineer officer down below.

  • It was still Rainey's deck-watch, and at any moment Carlsen might relinquish the wheel back to him as soon as the girl got tired.

    A Man to His Mate | J. Allan Dunn
  • We were called up one evening by the deck-watch to see for ourselves a “ball of fire floating up and down above the ice-field.”