midships
- 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
- Without rhyme or reason the whole midships suddenly seemed to sprout fire.
- Chief job of naval and civilian scientists, to be quartered in her midships, will be to chart magnetic variations, compare their readings with those taken by the Carnegie .
- One, on her heavily armored midships, caused no damage.