Midships

A single spar stood up out of its centre, or "midships," to which was rigged -- in a very slovenly manner -- a large lateen sail, -- either the spanker or spritsail of a ship, or the mizzen topsail of a bark. ❋ Mayne Reid (1850)

A little aft of "midships" a pyramidal lump of fatty substance projected several feet above the line of the vertebras. ❋ Mayne Reid (1850)

"midships," while those with the narrower bend were set towards the narrower ends of the plank. ❋ Mayne Reid (1850)

The bow appears to be still firmly wedged onto the reef, we have lost more than 30 containers from the stern and midships, Maritime NZ director Catherine Taylor told reporters. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Lingaard, too old to labour at the sweeps, had been surgeon, undertaker, and midwife of the huddled captives in the open midships. ❋ Unknown (2010)

One of the hunters, a tall, loose-jointed chap named Henderson, was going aft at the time from the steerage (the name the hunters facetiously gave their midships sleeping quarters) to the cabin. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Through a crack in the trapdoor, the gnome looked out and spotted Bas Ohn-Koraf hurrying toward midships to comply, his large hands catching the offending rope. ❋ Matt Dennison (2010)

Kof stood at the rail at midships, watching as the cleft mysteriously sealed itself. ❋ Matt Dennison (2010)

Though exhausted, they scurried about, tugging the mainsail free from midships. ❋ Matt Dennison (2010)

When the seating was removed or lashed to the deck, a sled could carry enormous weight, on board or attached to the powerful winches fore, aft and midships on either side. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Here we struck on a sandbar with such force of steam and current as to land us almost out of the water from stem to midships. ❋ Unknown (2010)

You probably don't even remember that, at shortly after two o:clock in the afternoon, on the 4th of May, 1982, Sam Salt, in command of HMS Sheffield, felt the impact of Exocet missiles launched from two Super Entendards into the midships of his Type 42 destroyer. ❋ Dave (2009)

The Cerberus herself had just such a cannon atop midships which she used to take on often successfully capital ships many times her size. ❋ Unknown (2009)

These same objects appeared in No. 7 and No. 8, where they had been joined by several others - a young girl's bicycle leaning against the foremast, a pile of tires stacked on the stern, a great hourglass at midships. ❋ King, Stephen, 1947- (2008)

Word of the first officers impending arrival in main engineeringa rare occurrence that usually presaged tremendous suffering for the person whose mistake had inspired the visithad been called down from the upper decks, by mechanics cowed like jeghpuwI while the commander made his livid passage to the midships ladder. ❋ David Mack (2007)