Midship

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Of or located in the middle of a ship.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • 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."
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    midships    amidships   
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