a·mid·ships

(ə-mĭd′shĭps′) also a·mid·ship (-shĭp′)

adv. Nautical

Midway between the bow and the stern.

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amidships

(əˈmɪdʃɪps) or

amidship

adv, adj (postpositive)

(Nautical Terms) nautical at, near, or towards the centre of a vessel

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a•mid•ships

(əˈmɪdˌʃɪps)

also a•mid′ship`,

adv.

1. in or toward the middle part of a ship or aircraft.

adj.

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

[1685–95]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Adv.

amidships - 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"

amidship, midships

Translations

a mezza nave

amidships

[əˈmɪdʃɪps] ADV → en medio del barco

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amidships

[əˈmɪdʃɪps] adv → au milieu du navire

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amidships

adv (Naut) → mittschiffs

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amidships

[əˈmɪdʃɪps] adv (Naut) → a mezzanave

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But the god changed into a dreadful lion there on the ship, in the bows, and roared loudly: amidships also he showed his wonders and created a shaggy bear which stood up ravening, while on the forepeak was the lion glaring fiercely with scowling brows.

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Our party were grouped amidships. At first the talk was a little gloomy, and ran mainly upon the shortness of life, the uncertainty of it, the perils which beset it, and the need and wisdom of being always prepared for the worst; this shaded off into low-voiced references to the dangers of the deep, and kindred matters; but as the gray east began to redden and the mysterious solemnity and silence of the dawn to give place to the joy-songs of the birds, the talk took a cheerier tone, and our spirits began to rise steadily.

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There's two good boats on the davits amidships; the chief will take one, the second officer the other; and there ain't no reason why every blessed one of you shouldn't sleep in Ascension to-morrow night.

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She struck the Mary Turner squarely amidships on the port beam, so that, from the poop, one saw, as well as heard, her long side bend and spring back like a limber fabric.

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Here was where another man in the boat would have been of value to him; for, with me but a few feet astern, he did not dare let go the tiller and run amidships to try to force down the centre-board.

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Tom stood amidships, gloomy-browed, and with folded arms, and gave his orders in a low, stern whisper:

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"Easy with that, men--easy," he ran on, to the fellows who were shifting the powder; and then suddenly observing me examining the swivel we carried amidships, a long brass nine, "Here you, ship's boy," he cried, "out o' that!

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Ruth sat near him in the stern, while the three young fellows lounged amidships, deep in a wordy wrangle over "frat" affairs.

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It was no very easy task, for the skiff lay amidships and was full of hamper, and the breaking of the heavier seas continually forced us to give over and hold on; but we all wrought like horses while we could.

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It struck us on the starboard side almost amidships. The vessel rocked as though the sea beneath it had been uptorn by a mighty volcano.

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Amidships, squatting on the deck near the sky-light, he investigated several of the boat's crew and Lerumie.

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We must have been struck squarely amidships, for I saw nothing, the strange steamboat having passed beyond my line of vision.

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