Deathwatch definition

A deathwatch beetle.

A vigil kept beside a dying or dead person.

One who guards a condemned person before execution.

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.

A vigil kept beside a dying or dead person.

One who guards a condemned person before execution.

A deathwatch beetle.