Posted by Robert Dilley on August 16, 2005 at 20:10:49 from 65.39.13.1 user rdilley.
In Reply to: Re: Telling TIME with Bells posted by Alan Hakim on August 16, 2005 at 18:40:15:
Brewer (1959 edition) explains Dog-watch as deriving from Dodge-watch; the half-watches that allowed seamen to "dodge" from one watch schedule to another. No authority for this is cited.