dogwatch
See also: dog watch
English
Alternative forms
- dog-watch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdɒɡwɒtʃ/
Noun
dogwatch (plural dogwatches)
- (nautical) Aboard a ship, either of the two short two-hour watches that take place between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m.
- 1924, Herman Melville, Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co., Chapter 12,
- […] in the last dog-watch when the drawing near of twilight induced revery […]
- 1924, Herman Melville, Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co., Chapter 12,
- (by extension) A night shift, or other very late or early period of duty.
- 1946, Mezz Mezzrow & Bernard Wolfe, Really the Blues, Payback Press 1999, p. 22:
- The girls we knew were all on the dogwatch, from four to twelve in the morning.
- 1946, Mezz Mezzrow & Bernard Wolfe, Really the Blues, Payback Press 1999, p. 22:
Translations
nautical: short watch
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