Definition of Split shift

1. Noun. A working shift divided into two periods of time with several hours in between.

Generic synonyms: Duty Period, Shift, Work Shift

Lexicographical Neighbors of Split Shift

split level
split off
split one's sides
split personalities
split personality
split pot
split pots
split rail
split ratio
split renal function test
split run
split screen
split screens
split second
split shift (current term)
split shot
split shots
split single
split slab
split tender
split the house
split ticket
split tolerance
split up
splitfeet
splitfin
splitfins
splitism
splitist

Literary usage of Split shift

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. What's what in the Labor Movement: A Dictionary of Labor Affairs and Labor by Waldo Ralph Browne (1921)
"Thus, a man putting in eight hours daily on a " split shift" might work for two ... The most common purpose of a " split shift" is to have extra workers on ..."

2. Biological Rhythms: Implications for the Worker by DIANE Publishing Company (1994)
"split shift: A schedule of full-time work in which a period of work is followed by a break and then another period of work. Standard work schedule: See day ..."

3. Who's Minding the Kids: Child Care Arrangements Fall 1991 by Lynne W. Casper (1994)
"Both work non-days Care by father Split-shift schedules employed is much higher when respondents work non- days rather than days. ..."

4. The Catskill Water Supply of New York City: History, Location, Sub-surface by Lazarus White (1913)
"At times a split shift was employed in the four-hour interval between drilling and regular mucking shifts to help set up drills, muck, etc. ..."

5. The Catskill Water Supply of New York City: History, Location, Sub-surface by Lazarus White (1913)
"At times a split shift was employed in the four-hour interval between drilling and regular mucking shifts to help set up drills, muck, etc. ..."

6. A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1901)
"Lith. stel-ti, to split. Shift.»(E.) ME schiften, to divide, change, shift, remove ; orig. ' to divide. ..."

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