midships

[ mid-ships ]

adverb

1. amidships.

midships

/ ˈmɪdˌʃɪps /

adverb

1. See amidships
   nautical See amidships

Word History and Origins

Origin of midships¹

First recorded in 1620–30

Example Sentences

The same route was available for first-class passengers forward of midships on B, C, and E decks.

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Here we struck on a sandbar with such force of steam and current as to land us almost out of the water from stem to midships.

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A ketch is a wessel wot has one big mast set well aft about midships an' a little one way aft of the fust one.

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She had the night previous run down a fishing schooner, seeing nothing of her until she struck her midships.

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Then the upright boiler would have to be set in there, a trifle aft of midships, so that the man at the helm could stoke as well.

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