athwartship
/AH0 TH W AO1 R CH IH0 P/adjective
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(nautical) Oriented across the vessel sideways, i.e. in a direction at right angles to the fore-and-aft line of the vessel.
adverb
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Alternative form of athwartships. [(nautical) 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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