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middle watch
noun
, Nautical.
- the watch from midnight until 4 a.m.
middle watch
noun
- nautical the watch between midnight and 4 am
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Word History and Origins
Origin of middle watch1
First recorded in 1605–15
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Example Sentences
At 4.30 he called the master and informed him that Mr. Stone had told him he had seen rockets in the middle watch.
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During the middle watch the wind stiffened and the Kelvinhaugh was making heavy weather of the going.
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A light southerly sprung up with the cessation of the rain in the middle watch, and “Lee fore-brace!”
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We got him aboard just before eight bells of the second dog-watch, and it was eight bells of the middle watch afore he spoke.
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Armstrong had the middle watch, which ends at four in the morning, and he was relieved by Allardyce.
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