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/ˈdɒɡwɒt͡ʃ/ · noun
(nautical) Aboard a ship, either of the two short two-hour watches that take place between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m..
[…] in the last dog-watch when the drawing near of twilight induced revery […]
The girls we knew were all on the dogwatch, from four to twelve in the morning.
At that time, Captain Thomas G. Peyton, U.S. Navy, who had only served a dog watch as Captain of the Port at Noumea, New Caledonia, reported for this important billet.
Use dog watch when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Dog watch means (nautical) Aboard a ship, either of the two short two-hour watches that take place between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
[…] in the last dog-watch when the drawing near of twilight induced revery […]
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