Amidships

Alternative forms

 * midships

Adverb

 * 1)  In the middle of a ship, either longitudinally or laterally.
 * [The U-boat captain] waited until the crosshairs lay directly amidships. “Torpedo ... los!”
 * Two more torpedoes were fired; one ran erratic; the second hit amidships.
 * The saloon, instead of being at the stern, according to the old method of construction, is placed more amidships.
 * The main cabin, most amidships, was 8 feet 3 inches broad [...]
 * 1)  Usually in the line of the keel, but sometimes halfway between bow and stern; often contracted to “midships.” (FM 55-501).
 * 2)  On the flank, at a vulnerable place.

Interjection

 * 1) A helm order, normally shortened to midships!, to centre the helm in the line of the keel.

Thesaurus
average; betwixt and between; central; core; equatorial; equidistant; half-and-half; halfway; in medias res; in the mean; in the middle; interior; intermediary; intermediate; mean; medial; medially; median; mediocre; mediterranean; medium; mediumly; mesial; mezzo; mezzo-mezzo; mid; middle; middlemost; middling; midland; midmost; midships; midway; nuclear

Adverb

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