The period from midnight to 4 a.m. on board a ship.
（船上的）午夜班（半夜12时到清晨4时）
Example sentencesExamples
On March 2, 1874, they almost ran into a large berg during the middle watch.
And during one middle watch a guard on patrol in the old barracks had called down to the main gate for assistance.
The change to the middle watch was done quickly and quietly and settled into the monotony of the nightwatch.
About a quarter way through the middle watch the man appeared by Styles' hammock.
The ratings, sentries on night watch at a naval barracks, say that the ghost follows them around during the middle watch and they have protested against doing solitary duty on that watch.
Definition of middle watch in US English:
middle watch
noun
The period from midnight to 4 a.m. on board a ship.
（船上的）午夜班（半夜12时到清晨4时）
Example sentencesExamples
The change to the middle watch was done quickly and quietly and settled into the monotony of the nightwatch.
On March 2, 1874, they almost ran into a large berg during the middle watch.
The ratings, sentries on night watch at a naval barracks, say that the ghost follows them around during the middle watch and they have protested against doing solitary duty on that watch.
About a quarter way through the middle watch the man appeared by Styles' hammock.
And during one middle watch a guard on patrol in the old barracks had called down to the main gate for assistance.