"athwartships" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From athwart (“across”) + ship + -s as an adverbial ending.",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
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        {
          "text": "to place / fix / stow something athwartships; to pace the bridge athwartships",
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        "Across the vessel sideways, i.e. in a direction at right angles to the fore-and-aft line of the vessel."
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          "Across",
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          "vessel",
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        [
          "sideways",
          "sideways"
        ],
        [
          "fore-and-aft",
          "fore-and-aft"
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        "(nautical) Across the vessel sideways, i.e. in a direction at right angles to the fore-and-aft line of the vessel."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "athwartship"
        }
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      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "athwartships",
          "word": "dwarsscheeps"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "athwartships",
          "word": "querschiffs"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "athwartships",
          "word": "madiere"
        },
        {
          "alt": "せんたいをよこぎって",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "sentai wo yokogitte",
          "sense": "athwartships",
          "word": "船体を横切って"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "athwartships"
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  "etymology_text": "From athwart (“across”) + ship + -s as an adverbial ending.",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
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        {
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        "Across the vessel sideways, i.e. in a direction at right angles to the fore-and-aft line of the vessel."
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        "(nautical) Across the vessel sideways, i.e. in a direction at right angles to the fore-and-aft line of the vessel."
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "athwartship"
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "athwartships",
      "word": "dwarsscheeps"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "athwartships",
      "word": "querschiffs"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "athwartships",
      "word": "madiere"
    },
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      "word": "船体を横切って"
    }
  ],
  "word": "athwartships"
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