Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Nautical, across the ship from side to side: opposed to fore and aft.

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Examples

  • The Commander gets a firm grip on a frame and thwartships brace.

    Passage at Arms Cook, Glen 1985

  • A groan came from the darkness just inside the open door of the 'thwartships passage.

    The Heirs of Babylon Cook, Glen 1972

  • Abaft the secretaries 'cabins, and occupying the whole breadth of the boat, were a number of cabins and suites for the accommodation of Mrs. Pulitzer, other members of the family, and guests; and abaft of these, cut off by a' thwartships bulkhead, were the quarters of the crew.

    An Adventure with a Genius Alleyne Ireland

  • Abaft the secretaries 'cabins, and occupying the whole breadth of the boat, were a number of cabins and suites for the accommodation of Mrs. Pulitzer, other members of the family, and guests; and abaft of these, cut off by a' thwartships bulkhead, were the quarters of the crew.

    An Adventure With A Genius Ireland, Alleyne, 1871-1951. 1n 1920

  • "Run back and forth thwartships, you there; all you good people!" cried

    The Best Short Stories of 1919 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story Various 1915

  • When dressed he went out into the cabin, closing the door upon his berth, and for lack of anything better to do, seated himself on the thwartships transom, against the forward bulkhead, behind the table.

    The Black Bag Louis Joseph Vance 1906

  • Her hull had been sheathed with oak planking and the bulkheads, forward, aft, and thwartships, were of oak and of the best workmanship.

    The Gulf and Inland Waters The Navy in the Civil War. Volume 3. 1877

  • 'thwartships from one side of the boat to the other, shutting off a small space of deck for the use of the crew.

    An Adventure with a Genius Alleyne Ireland

  • 'thwartships from one side of the boat to the other, shutting off a small space of deck for the use of the crew.

    An Adventure With A Genius Ireland, Alleyne, 1871-1951. 1n 1920

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