Definition/Meaning of athwart

• English - Adverb: athwart ( comparative more athwart , superlative most athwart ) ( archaic ) From side to side; across . Above , the stars appeared to move slowly athwart . We placed one log on the ground , and another athwart , forming a crude cross . ( archaic ) Across the path (of something). a fleet standing athwart our course Translations
• English - Preposition: athwart ( archaic ) From one side to the other side of . The stars moved slowly athwart the sky . 1590 , Edmund Spenser , The Faerie Queene , II .iii: Knit with a golden bauldricke, which forelay / Athwart her snowy brest , and did diuide / Her daintie paps Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892) At eve the beetle boometh / Athwart the thicket lone . ( nautical ) Across the line of a ship's course or across…
• English - Etymology: From a- + thwart .
• English - Pronunciation: ( UK ) IPA (key) : /əˈθwɔːt/ Rhymes: -ɔːt