English Explanatory Dictionary

athwartships

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adv
  1. Across the vessel sideways, i.e. in a direction at right angles to the fore-and-aft line of the vessel.

Word forms

athwartships athwartship thwartships

Etymology

From athwart (“across”) + ship + -s as an adverbial ending.

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