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What does athwartships mean?

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Adverb
  1. (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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The mast should now have approximately the same pre-bend as it had when it was lying on the trestles, and it will be straight athwartships.
The vessel's hull is a conventional V-form design with a transom stern, four athwartships seats and two longitudinal bench seats aft.
The jumper arrangement stays the top mast, not only athwartships but also fore-and-aft.
This separation occurred some time after the principal initial athwartships brittle fracture located just aft of the grain-loading port coaming.
At all times except when whales were alongside, this bench was securely lashed athwartships against the rear of the Try-works.
The adult and children's lifejackets stowed in the overhead athwartships rack of the Famille Dufour II were not readily accessible.

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