amidships

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adverb

in or toward the middle part of a ship or aircraft; midway between the ends.

along the central fore-and-aft line of a ship or aircraft.

in or toward the center of anything: a long, narrow office with a desk placed amidships.

adjective

of, pertaining to, or located in the middle part of a ship or aircraft.

Also, a·mid·ship.

Origin:
1685–95; amid + ship + -s¹

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amidships (əˈmɪdʃɪps)

—*adv, —adj*
	nautical at, near, or towards the centre of a vessel

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Example sentences

They were then moved in an insulated container to the officer's galley

refrigerator freezer compartment, approximately amidships.

Draft means the vertical distance from the molded baseline of a vessel

amidships to the waterline.

The second salvo slammed into the tanker, ripping into her amidships and

blasting through her port bow.

There are stairways to port and starboard aft and a single large stairway

amidships between the stacks.

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