amidships
uh mid ships
- r 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
- As the sun rose, after the boats were in the water, the submarine fired a torpedo into the Robin Moor amidships, shelled her for 23 minutes.
- All hands live in the cylindrical turret amidshipslive there for the entire voyage, for with a freeboard (when loaded) of only 9 ft.
- Beyond that, amidships, is a card table, one side supported by a length of nylon rope tied to a metal ceiling rack.