amidships

[ uh-mid-ships ]

/ əˈmɪdˌʃɪps /

in or toward the middle part of a ship or aircraft; midway between the ends.

along the central fore-and-aft line of a ship or aircraft.

in or toward the center of anything: a long, narrow office with a desk placed amidships.

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

Origin of amidships

First recorded in 1685–95; amid + ship¹ + -s¹

amidinohydrazone, amido-, amidogen, amidohydrolase, amidol, amidships, amidst, amie, amiee, amiens, amiga

A little forward of amidships was a small deck cabin containing a brass wheel and binnacle.

The Pit Prop Syndicate |Freeman Wills Crofts
The result was curious; the yacht turned out to have more beam right aft than amidships.

A Floating Home |Cyril Ionides
Amidships was the “secondary” armament of six 6-inch breech-loading guns.

How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves |W.H.G. Kingston
The divers having gone down reported the ship aground in three distinct places, aft, amidships under the batteries, and forward.

In Eastern Seas |J. J. Smith

Nothing but a daring, unfaltering attitude directed fair for the amidships can be effectual.

The Shellback's Progress |Walter Runciman

amidships

/ (əˈmɪdʃɪps) /

nautical at, near, or towards the centre of a vessel