Hypertext Webster Gateway: "amidships"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Midships \Mid"ships`\, adv. [For amidships.] (Naut.)
In the middle of a ship; -- properly {amidships}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Amidships \A*mid"ships\, adv. (Naut.)
In the middle of a ship, with regard to her length, and
sometimes also her breadth. --Totten.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
amidships
adv : at or near or toward the center of a ship; "in the late 19th
century, engines were placed in front, amidships, and
at the rear" [syn: {amidship}, {midships}]
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