a·mid·ships

[uh-mid-ships]
adverb
1.
in or toward the middle part of a ship or aircraft; midway between the ends.
2.
along the central fore-and-aft line of a ship or aircraft.
3.
in or toward the center of anything: a long, narrow office with a desk placed amidships.
adjective
4.
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) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
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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