Amidship

adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    located in the middle part of a ship or aircraft wordnet
Adverb
  1. 1
    In the middle of a ship (as opposed to bow or stern).

    "The damage from hitting the iceberg head on was at the bow rather than amidship."

Adverb
  1. 1
    at or near or toward the middle wordnet
  2. 2
    at or near or toward the center of a ship wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
amidshipsamidshipscentralmidships

Example

More examples

"Amidship of the boat was a box or chest about the bigness of a middle-sized traveling trunk, but covered all over with cakes of sand and dirt."

Etymology

From amid + ship.

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