Midships

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Midships \Mid"ships`\, n. pl. (Naut.)
     The timbers at the broadest part of the vessel. --R. H. Dana,
     Jr.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Midships \Mid"ships`\, adv. [For amidships.] (Naut.)
     In the middle of a ship; -- properly {amidships}.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  midships
       adv : at or near or toward the center of a ship; "in the late 19th
             century, engines were placed in front, amidships, and
             at the rear" [syn: {amidships}, {amidship}]