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amidship

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a·mid·ships  (-mdshps) also a·mid·ship (-shp)
adv.
Midway between the bow and the stern.
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Adj.1.amidship - located in the middle part of a ship or aircraftamidship - located in the middle part of a ship or aircraft
central - in or near a center or constituting a center; the inner area; "a central position"
Adv.1.amidship - at or near or toward the center of a shipamidship - 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"
amidships, midships
2.amidship - at or near or toward the middleamidship - at or near or toward the middle      
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His voice was still ringing, and the men were just beginning to move in obedience, when the amidship deck of the Pyrenees, in a mass of flame and smoke, was flung upward into the sails and rigging, part of it remaining there and the rest falling into the sea.
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