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Definition of Dogwatch
1. Noun. Either of two short watches: from 4-6 pm or 6-8 pm.
Definition of Dogwatch
1. n. A half watch; a watch of two hours, of which there are two, the first dogwatch from 4 to 6 o'clock, p. m., and the second dogwatch from 6 to 8 o'clock, p. m.
Definition of Dogwatch
1. Noun. (nautical) Aboard a ship, either of the two short two-hour watches that take place between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. ¹
2. Noun. (context: by extension) A night shift, or other very late or early period of duty. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dogwatch
1. a short period of watch duty on a ship [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dogwatch
Literary usage of Dogwatch
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A New Astronomy by David Peck Todd (1906)
"... The afternoon watch, The first dogwatch, from 8 PM to 12 midnight, ... from 12
noon to 4 PM from 4 PM to 6 PM The second dogwatch, from 6 PM to 8 PM ..."
2. Van Rensselaer Bowier Manuscripts: Being the Letters of Kiliaen Van by New York State Library, Kiliaen van Rensselaer, Arnold Johan Ferdinand Van Laer, Nicolaas de Roever, Susan De Lancey Van Rennselaer Strong (1908)
"That night "in the dogwatch the weather quieted down somewhat and we set our
foresail again. ... At four bells in the dogwatch we took in the foresail. ..."
3. Camp-fire Verse by Joseph Le Roy Harrison, Stewart Edward White (1917)
"THE SONG OF THE WOOD'S DOG-WATCH 'Tis the weirdly witching hour of the
wood's "dogwatch," When the guide suspends the kettle in the ash-limb crotch, ..."
4. Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson (1913)
"... of fence to keep people from falling off. The scuppers are holes cut through
the bulwarks to let out the water which may get on deck. 184. dogwatch. ..."
5. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1907)
"It was two bells iu the first dogwatch. She had been enveloped in an ulster of
the captain's—with resolution. Her face was puckered with the driving cold; ..."
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