midwatch

A noun referring to a watch or duty period during the night, typically from midnight to 8 a.m., often used in nautical or shift-work contexts.

• 🇪🇸Sustantivo que designa una guardia o turno de trabajo nocturno, normalmente desde la medianoche hasta las ocho de la mañana, usado a menudo en el contexto marítimo o en trabajos por turnos.

1. Night watch period C1 formal

   A period of duty or watch during the night, typically from midnight to 8 a.m.

   • The sailor was assigned to the midwatch, from midnight until dawn.
   • During the midwatch, the crew kept a careful lookout for icebergs.
   • He found the midwatch to be the quietest and most solitary shift.

   🇪🇸Guardia nocturna

   Sinónimos: graveyard shiftgraveyard watchmiddle watchnight shiftnight watch

• midwatches plural form
• midwatches' possessive plural form
• midwatch's possessive singular form