(prep.) Across the direction or course of; as, a fleet standing athwart our course.
(adv.) Across, especially in an oblique direction; sidewise; obliquely.
(adv.) Across the course; so as to thwart; perversely.
Example Sentences:
(1) Others were catapulted down corridors running athwart the ship or hurled from the starboard decks into the sea.
(2) Standing athwart the the typical lineup of conservative justices were the three women, all liberals, on the court: Justices Kagan, Sotomayor, and Ginsburg.
Portate
Definition:
(a.) Borne not erect, but diagonally athwart an escutcheon; as, a cross portate.