amidships
adverb/əˈmɪdʃɪps/
/əˈmɪdʃɪps/
(specialist)- in or near the middle part of a shipTopics Transport by waterc2Word Originlate 17th cent.: from a- (expressing position or direction) + midship ‘the middle part of a ship or boat’, influenced by amid.
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