thwartshipadj.adv.
/ˈθwɔːtˌʃɪp/, U.S. /ˈθwɔrtˌʃɪp/ Nautical.
A. adj.
Placed or fixed across the ship's length. thwartship tiller, a tiller fixed at right angles to the rudder.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > side(s) of vessel > [adjective] > from side to side
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > steering equipment > [noun] > helm > tiller
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1829 H. L. Maw Jrnl. Passage from Pacific to Atlantic 314 Resting on small thwartship timbers.
1850 J. Greenwood Sailor's Sea-bk. 123 The 'thwartship pieces which frame the hatch~ways.
1897 Outing 30 228/1 The crew..manœuvers the craft by means of a five-foot thwartship tiller.
B. adv.
/ˈθwɔːt-ˌʃɪp/. From side to side of the ship; across the length of the ship.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > side(s) of vessel > [adverb] > from side to side
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1882 G. S. Nares Seamanship (ed. 6) 242 The correctors..are bar magnets in..holes, thwartship,..within the binnacle.
1895 Outing 26 481/2 The modern canoeist puts it [ballast] in his own weight, on the end of the plank extended thwart-ship to windward.
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