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middle watch

noun

, Nautical.
  1. the watch from midnight until 4 a.m.


middle watch

noun

  1. nautical the watch between midnight and 4 am
“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


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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.

During the middle watch the wind stiffened and the Kelvinhaugh was making heavy weather of the going.

A light southerly sprung up with the cessation of the rain in the middle watch, and “Lee fore-brace!”

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.

Armstrong had the middle watch, which ends at four in the morning, and he was relieved by Allardyce.

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