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单词 deck watch
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deck watch


noun

(on a ship) a precision watch used on deck for navigational purposes to avoid disturbing the chronometer.

Origin of deck watch

First recorded in 1855–60

Words nearby deck watch

deck passage, deck plate, deck shoe, deck tennis, “Deck the Halls”, deck watch, decl., declaim, declamation, declamatory, declamping phenomenon
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Example sentences from the Web for deck watch

  • We were called up one evening by the deck-watch to see for ourselves a “ball of fire floating up and down above the ice-field.”

    Adrift in the Arctic Ice Pack|Elisha Kent Kane
  • It was still Rainey's deck-watch, and at any moment Carlsen might relinquish the wheel back to him as soon as the girl got tired.

    A Man to His Mate|J. Allan Dunn
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