middle watch
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of middle watch
First recorded in 1605–15
Example Sentences
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Answer: Judges 7: 19 refers to "the middle watch."
From Time Magazine Archive
It was now about four bells in the middle watch, and Harry was thinking of sleep, when the curtain was drawn aside and Nicholls the bo’s’n entered.
From Harry Milvaine The Wanderings of a Wayward Boy by Gordon Stables
Mr. Stone had with him during the middle watch an apprentice named Gibson, whose attention was first drawn to the steamer's lights at about 12.20 a. m.
From Loss of the Steamship 'Titanic' by British Government
By two bells in the middle watch the good ship Arrandoon was off the needle rocks of the Portland Huck.
From Wild Adventures round the Pole The Cruise of the "Snowbird" Crew in the "Arrandoon" by Gordon Stables
Also, it was three bells of the middle watch, or--in other words--half-past one in the morning.
From Submarine U93 by Charles Gilson
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