midwatch

[ mid-woch ]

noun

, Nautical.

1. middle watch.

Word History and Origins

Origin of midwatch¹

First recorded in 1525–35; mid- + watch

Example Sentences

Grant Telfer, the operations officer, was eyeing the rotation schedule for the watch shift from midnight to 4 a.m., known as the midwatch, for New Year’s Day.

From Washington Post

Seaman first class Daryl Weathers, 19, a doctor’s son from Los Angeles, was in the radar room on the bridge, standing the midwatch — midnight to 4 a.m.

From Washington Post

I was not sorry when I was called above for midwatch.

From Literature

It was just after three bells in the midwatch when I heard a yell from my lookout.

From Project Gutenberg

Even the sound of the waits, rude as may be their minstrelsy, breaks upon the midwatches of a winter night with the effect of perfect harmony.

From Project Gutenberg