dog-watch

English

Noun

dog-watch (plural dog-watches)

  1. Alternative form of dogwatch.
    • 1914, Jack London, The Mutiny of the Elsinore, Chapter XLIV:
      I held the next watch (which should have been the mate's) till midday, eating both breakfast and lunch behind the sheltering jiggermast. And I held all afternoon, and through both dog-watches, my dinner served likewise on the deck.

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