Usually means: Across the ship's width direction.
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General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. athwartships: Merriam-Webster
  2. athwartships: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. athwartships: Collins English Dictionary
  4. athwartships: Wordnik
  5. athwartships: Wiktionary
  6. athwartships: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. athwartships: Dictionary.com
  8. Athwartships: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. athwartships: TheFreeDictionary.com
  10. athwartships: Merriam-Webster

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Glossary of Trade and Shipping Terms (No longer online)

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. ATHWARTSHIPS: Glossary of Nautical Terms
  2. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (athwartships)

▸ adverb:  (nautical) Across the vessel sideways, i.e. in a direction at right angles to the fore-and-aft line of the vessel.

Similar:
aftward, hindwards, fore and aft, abreast, abeam, Travers, traverse, shipwards, sidewards, midships, more...

Opposite:
fore-and-aft, longitudinal, lengthwise

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Similar:
aftward, hindwards, fore and aft, abreast, abeam, Travers, traverse, shipwards, sidewards, midships, more...

Opposite:
fore-and-aft, longitudinal, lengthwise



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