amidships
adverb
in or toward the middle part of a ship or aircraft; midway between the ends.
amidship
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a variation of
amidships.
Example Sentences
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On the Malolo's trial run, 26 miles off Nantucket, another Norwegian freighter appeared out of the fog and, as the fascinated Mr. Gibbs watched, crashed into the Malolo amidship.
From Time Magazine Archive
All her officers and able seamen had individual outside cabins amidship.
From Time Magazine Archive
From amidship, a man could not see the bow; he could not even see the foremast.
From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham
“Steady amidship, there,” sang out the skipper as the old barquey forged ahead once more.
From The Ghost Ship A Mystery of the Sea by Henry Austin
The davits here amidship are all right, as well as the tackle of our cutter that had got washed away in the gale.
From The Ghost Ship A Mystery of the Sea by Henry Austin
