Amidship

Word AMIDSHIP
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Definitions and meanings of "Amidship"

What do we mean by amidship?

In the middle of a ship (as opposed to bow or stern).

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The word "amidship" in example sentences

We raked out the bo'sun from his afternoon nap, and he and a withered old lascar jammed a hemp fender between the chain and woodwork, so their slumbers ought to be more peaceful; now they are getting a temporary change to a berth amidship, which is unoccupied as far as Marseilles; in it they will hardly feel the motion. ❋ Unknown (1900)

"amidship" if one may use that term concerning an airship. ❋ Howard Roger Garis (1917)

A light and graceful bridge of steel rods and planking ran the full length of the Elsinore, starting from the poop, crossing the amidship house and the forecastle, and connecting with the forecastle-head at the very bow of the ship. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The actual coming on board from the tug I had missed, but for'ard of the amidship house I encountered a few laggards who had not yet gone into the forecastle. ❋ Unknown (2010)

His voice was still ringing, and the men were just beginning to move in obedience, when the amidship deck of the Pyrenees, in a mass of flame and smoke, was flung upward into the sails and rigging, part of it remaining there and the rest falling into the sea. ❋ Unknown (2010)

A shell hit the boat amidship and men, dogs and equipment catapulted into the air. ❋ Jack Canfield (2008)

Then two long sweeps were manned amidship, with two sturdy fellows to tug at each; and the quiet evening air led through the soft rehearsal of the water to its banks the creak of tough ash thole-pins, and the groan of gunwale, and the splash of oars, and even a sound of human staple, such as is accepted by the civilized world as our national diapason. ❋ Richard Doddridge (2004)

For example, the standard Class A floor plan put bed in the back, head toward the center, galley amidship, and seating toward the front. ❋ Kim Baker (1997)

Drives were at the ends of cross-bars athwartships amidship, turning the dumbbell into a giant jack. ❋ Cook, Glen (1985)

There were no eyes to see the men who worked around a trim vessel some sixteen paces long, with a single forward-raked mast stepped amidship. ❋ Jordan, Robert (1984)

At any rate the Peruvian captain held to his flight as his only hope of salvation, until at last a shot, better directed than the random firing so long kept up, struck the doomed merchantman fairly amidship. ❋ Roy Rockwood (N/A)

The telegraphists, from their station amidship, tested the insulation from time to time, speaking to the station at Port Génois. ❋ Thomas Forester (N/A)

The wind was south, and so very severe that the main trysail was blown to atoms, and the ship was lying-to under bare poles, and laying beautifully to the wind, with her helm amidship and perfectly tight. ❋ Joseph Darvall (N/A)

The explosion wrecked the stokehole just forward of amidship and, judging by the speed with which the cruiser sank, tore the bottom open. ❋ Various (N/A)

He was busy thinking over the exciting times he and his companions had passed through, and planning new trips to see more wonders of the world, when his attention was attracted by slight noise near the man hole leading to the amidship companionway. ❋ Roy Rockwood (N/A)

One piece of yellow pine scantling, placed lengthwise and amidship, mortised into the rear cross-piece to sustain the carriage in sweeping. ❋ United States. Navy Dept. Bureau Of Ordnance (N/A)

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