athwartships en · ADV
Etymology
From athwart (“across”) + ship + -s as an adverbial ending.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Across the vessel sideways, i.e. in a direction at right angles to the fore-and-aft line of the vessel.
At all times except when whales were alongside, this bench was securely lashed athwartships against the rear of the Try-works.
1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 107, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 519:to place / fix / stow something athwartships; to pace the bridge athwartships
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| thwartships | alternative | lexicographic | |
| athwartship | alternative | lexicographic |
Translations (7)
it madiere (athwartships) · nl dwarsscheeps (athwartships) · pl poprzecznie (athwartships) · sv tvärskepps (athwartships) · de querschiffs (athwartships) · ja 船体を横切って (athwartships) · da tværskibs (athwartships)