AMIDSHIPS

amidships

Adverb

  1. In the middle of a ship, either longitudinally or laterally.
    U-boat captain waited until the crosshairs lay directly amidships. “Torpedo ... los!”
    Two more torpedoes were fired; one ran erratic; the second hit amidships.
    The saloon, instead of being at the stern, according to the old method of construction, is placed more amidships.
    The main cabin, most amidships, was 8 feet 3 inches broad 1
  2. Usually in the line of the keel, but sometimes halfway between bow and stern; often contracted to “midships.” (FM 55-501).
  3. On the flank, at a vulnerable place.

Interjection

  1. A helm order, normally shortened to midships!, to centre the helm in the line of the keel.


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