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amidships
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adv. 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" [syn: amidship , midships ]
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adverb EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A porthole was opened amidships and on a plank lay the small body. ▪ Provision was also made for two other Lewis guns, one amidships and one in the tail. ▪ The cat, although nervous, appears unharmed by the tennis ball which ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Midships \Mid"ships`\, adv. [For amidships.] (Naut.) In the middle of a ship; -- properly amidships .
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
adv. 1 (context nautical English) In the middle of a ship, either longitudinally or laterally. 2 (context nautical English) Usually in the line of the keel, but sometimes halfway between bow and stern; often contracted to “midships.” (FM 55-501). 3 (context ...
Usage examples of amidships.
The Diving Officer and bowplanesman were struggling to maintain depth control in spite of the odd effects of their rooster-tail wake aft and the shallow-bottom venturi force amidships.
The explosion blew apart what had been left of the superstructure, taking with it the masts and antennae as the ship erupted into flames amidships, the fire migrating aft to the fuel tanks, where ruptured fuel lines spewed volatile fuel for the gas turbines into the bilges.
Dickinson of Scouting Six flew through several minutes of antiaircraft fire when the third chose to fight it out on the surface, then climbed to attack altitude and carefully placed his bomb right alongside amidships.
When Ilna had last glanced at Merota, the girl was amidships with Mistress Kaline, the impoverished noblewoman who acted as her governess.
Ilna had last glanced at Merota, the girl was amidships with Mistress Kaline, the impoverished noblewoman who acted as her governess.
The motors will be slung under the body of the car, amidships, and there will also be room for some batteries there.
The 2d Captain passes the old breeching amidships, and the men resume their usual duties at the gun.
Jack could really see what she was like: she was rather heavier than the Surprise and she mounted another pair of guns - damned odd gunports amidships, too - but he had the impression that they overpressed her, that she would not handle easy and that she might be slack in stays: from the churning of her wake she must carry an uncommon strong weather-helm.
Farther amidships, considerably closer to the stern of the showboat, was an open porthole through which light poured.
There was nothing there but a weather-beaten, gunwale-splintered launch, with, amidships, an unboxed petrol engine that seemed to be a solid block of rust.
In the short seconds between guns, between making the cheering men reduce their charge, fire low and steady, and swab clean, Jack saw the enormous wreckage amidships, the shattered boats, the grim wounds in the mainmast and above all in the unstayed foremast.
The cabin was amidships, hence inaccessible to the rest of us, even Hotten Sonntag.
The stores were aboard, and McLean had fitted the leeboards, huge fanshaped wooden boards pivoted at the small end of the fan and fastened nearly amidships of the vessel.
Smoke was pouring out of the funnel and the Ferryman was alternately welcoming passengers aboard and dashing amidships to check with Metalsmith about the engine.
On both bows were catapults, across the after third stretched the cables of the arresting gear, and forward, aft, and amidships a heavy-duty elevator took planes from the flight deck to the cavernous hangar deck below it, crammed with parked aircraft and lined with shops for storage, repair or rearming.