Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

athwartship

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: athwartship
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

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

adv

Alternative form of athwartships.

Example Sentences

"athwartship bulkheads; an athwartship berth"
"The Nan-Shan had an athwartship bunker which, being frequently used as cargo space, communicated by an iron door with the fore ’tween-deck."

Questions

What does athwartship mean?: Oriented across the vessel sideways, i.e. in a direction at right angles to the fore-and-aft line of the vessel.

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