midwatch

(ˈmɪdˌwɒtʃ)

(Nautical Terms) nautical the middle watch

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Noun

midwatch - a watch during the night (as from midnight to 8 a.m.)

graveyard watch, middle watch, night watch

watch - a period of time (4 or 2 hours) during which some of a ship's crew are on duty

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Norwegian novelist and poet, best known for his trilogy describing the life of a Norwegian immigrant to the United States in the 1820s: Hundevakt (1961; "Midwatch"), Landkjenning (1964; "Land Sighting"), and Ankerfeste (1965; "Anchoring").