deathwatch
deathwatch
Definition
death·watch (det̸h′wäc̸h′)
noun
- a vigil kept beside a dead or dying person
- a guard set over a person soon to be executed
- any of various insects, esp. any of a family (Anobiidae) of wood-burrowing beetles whose heads make a tapping sound superstitiously regarded as an omen of death
deathwatch
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- beetle: Lilibet Taylor Assuming that the frame you refer to is of Oak or a hardwood the noise you refer to is probably deathwatch beetle.
Browse dictionary entries near deathwatch
- deathtrap
- deathsmen
- deathsman
- deathly
- deathlike
- deathlessness
- deathlessly
- deathless
- deathful
- deathcamas
