dog watch
Brief nautical duty
A dog watch is one of two shortened watches aboard ships, typically from 4–6 PM and 6–8 PM.
These two-hour watches (rather than the standard four) rotate the schedule so sailors don't stand the same watches every day.
The term appears occasionally in general use for any short or split shift: I'm pulling the dog watch tonight.
Hollow resonating instrument
- shiftMovement or work period
- helmVessel's steering mechanism
- officerAuthority figure in uniform
- quartermasterOfficer managing military supplies
logbook · deckhand · bosun · mariner · seafarer · galley · forecastle · starboard
Day yielding to darkness
- duskDimming after sundown
- eveningLate day period
- horizonApparent earth-sky meeting
- golden hourWarm-lit period near sunset
afterglow · sundown · red sky · silhouette · amber light · glow · skyline · tranquil
bell
Hollow resonating instrument
quartermaster · logbook · deckhand · bosun · mariner · seafarer · galley · forecastle · starboard · port
sunset
Day yielding to darkness
golden hour · afterglow · sundown · red sky · silhouette · amber light · glow · skyline · tranquil · serene
dog watchmidwatch
Overnight shipboard duty period
graveyard watch · morning watch · first watch · night watch · anchor watch
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