中ちゅう更こう

noun

middle watch; midnight to 2am watch

Historical term for the middle watch of the night, roughly from midnight to 2am, in traditional timekeeping systems. Rare in modern usage.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの夜よ回まわりでは、中ちゅう更こうは真ま夜よ中なかの見み張はりを担たん当とうした。

  In the night patrols of the Edo period, the middle watch was responsible for guarding during the dead of night.