athwartships

American

[uh-thwawrt-ships] / əˈθwɔrtˌʃɪps /

adverb

Nautical.

from one side of a ship to the other.

athwartships British

/ əˈθwɔːtˌʃɪps /

adverb

nautical from one side to the other of a vessel at right angles to the keel

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of athwartships

First recorded in 1710–20; athwart + ship ¹ + -s ¹

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athwartships

Steel beds on athwartships stringers hold the engines.

From Time Magazine Archive

There are no lounges running athwartships, as there are on so many express cruisers, and as there were on the Sea Ray 28 Sundancer, which the 290 replaces.

From Time Magazine Archive

The master stateroom is beneath the pilothouse and has a queen-size berth athwartships.

From Time Magazine Archive

Overnighting The berth, arranged athwartships, compromises the space available for tossing and turning, but it makes for a more open layout in the cabin.

From Time Magazine Archive

With berths placed athwartships and allowing for cabin bulkheads, there would have remained a space at least 10 to 12 feet wide down the centerline of the ship.

From The Pioneer Steamship Savannah: A Study for a Scale Model United States National Museum Bulletin 228, 1961, pages 61-80 by Howard I. (Howard Irving) Chapelle

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