HyperDic: night_watch

English > 1 sense of the expression night watch:
NOUNtimenight watch, graveyard watch, middle watch, midwatcha watch during the night (as from midnight to 8 a.m.)
English > night watch: 1 sense > noun 1, time
MeaningA watch during the night (as from midnight to 8 a.m.).
Synonymsgraveyard watch, middle watch, midwatch
BroaderwatchA period of time (4 or 2 hours) during which some of a ship's crew are on duty

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