adj. Pertaining to the middle of a ship or a boat.
n. The middle of a ship or a boat.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Of or pertaining to, or being in, the middle of a ship.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Being or belonging to the middle of a ship: as, a midship beam.
Word Usage
"This method does not interfere with the use of the so called midship-tack, but change of putting on bands, from the leech of the sail at the reef to the center tack would be necessary."