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Amidship

adverb
1.
At or near or toward the center of a ship.  Synonyms: amidships, midships.
2.
At or near or toward the middle.






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"Amidship" Quotes from Famous Books



... done when the two great bow guns of the Adamant shook the air with tremendous roars, each hurling over the sea nearly a ton of steel. One of these great shot passed over the repeller, but the other struck her armoured side fairly amidship. There was a crash and scream of creaking steel, and Repeller No. 7 rolled over to windward as if she had been struck by a heavy sea. In a moment she righted and shot ahead, and, turning, presented her port side to the enemy. Instant examination of ...
— The Great War Syndicate • Frank Stockton

... apply to The Tigress: outwardly disreputable, but richly and comfortably appointed below. The flush deck was without wells. The wheel and the navigating instruments were sternward, under a spread of heavy canvas, a protection against rain and sun. Amidship there was also canvas, and like that over the wheel, ...
— The Ragged Edge • Harold MacGrath



Words linked to "Amidship" :   central, amidships, midships



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