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a·mid·ships  (-mdshps) also a·mid·ship (-shp)
adv.
Midway between the bow and the stern.
amidships [əˈmɪdʃɪps]
adv & adj (postpositive)
(Transport / Nautical Terms) Nautical at, near, or towards the centre of a vessel
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Adv.1.amidships - at or near or toward the center of a shipamidships - 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
amidships [əˈmɪdʃɪps] ADV → en medio del barco
amidships [əˈmɪdʃɪps] adv → au milieu du navire
amidships
adv (Naut) → mittschiffs
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.
Collection Of Hesiod, Homer and Homerica by Homer View in context
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.
Michael, Brother of Jerry by London, Jack View in context
Pell-mell they tumbled down the poop-ladders; pell-mell they raced amidships past that yawning open furnace; the pitch was boiling through the seams of the crackling deck; they slipped and fell upon it, one over another, and the wonder is that none plunged headlong into the flames.
Dead Men Tell No Tales by Hornung, E. W. View in context
 
 
 
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