watch

watch
A timepiece carried on the person. A force of guards or watchmen on duty at one time. That part of the officers and crew of a vessel on duty at one time. R. H. Dana, in his Dictionary of Sea Terms defines the word as "a certain portion of a ship's company, appointed to stand a given length of time. In the merchant service all hands are divided into two watches, larboard and starboard, with a mate to command each." The men are divided as equally as possible with reference to their qualities as able seamen. The customary watch is of four hours' duration, alternating between the starboard and the larboard or port watches. O'Hara v Luckenbach S.S ' Co. 269 US 364, 371, 70 L Ed 313, 316, 46 S Ct 157. See anchor watch; constant watch; lookout; sea watch.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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