Usually means: Perpendicular to the vessel's length.
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General (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. athwartship: Merriam-Webster
  2. athwartship: Collins English Dictionary
  3. athwartship: Wiktionary
  4. athwartship: Dictionary.com
  5. athwartship: TheFreeDictionary.com
  6. athwartship: Merriam-Webster

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. athwartship: Encyclopedia

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. athwartship: Master Mariner
  3. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (athwartship)

adjective:  (nautical) Oriented across the vessel sideways, i.e. in a direction at right angles to the fore-and-aft line of the vessel.
adverb:  Alternative form of athwartships [(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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