middle watch
the watch from midnight until 4 a.m.
Origin of middle watch
1- Also called graveyard watch, midwatch.
Words Nearby middle watch
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How to use middle watch in a sentence
At 4.30 he called the master and informed him that Mr. Stone had told him he had seen rockets in the middle watch.
Loss of the Steamship 'Titanic' | British GovernmentDuring the middle watch the wind stiffened and the Kelvinhaugh was making heavy weather of the going.
The Viking Blood | Frederick William WallaceA light southerly sprung up with the cessation of the rain in the middle watch, and “Lee fore-brace!”
The Viking Blood | Frederick William WallaceWe got him aboard just before eight bells of the second dog-watch, and it was eight bells of the middle watch afore he spoke.
Somehow Good | William de MorganArmstrong had the middle watch, which ends at four in the morning, and he was relieved by Allardyce.
The Dealings of Captain Sharkey | A. Conan Doyle
British Dictionary definitions for middle watch
nautical the watch between midnight and 4 am
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