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Definition of Midships
1. Adverb. 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"
Definition of Midships
1. adv. In the middle of a ship; -- properly amidships.
2. n. pl. The timbers at the broadest part of the vessel.
Definition of Midships
1. Adverb. (alternative form of amidships) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Midships
1. toward the middle of a ship [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Midships
Literary usage of Midships
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bradford's History "of Plimoth Plantation.": From the Original Manuscript by William Bradford, Massachusetts General Court, Massachusetts Office of the Secretary of State (1899)
"They had laid a litle deck over her midships to keepe ye corne drie, but ye men
were faine to stand it out all weathers without shelter; and y' time [139] ..."
2. Bradford's History "of Plimoth Plantation." by William Bradford, Massachusetts General Court (1899)
"They had laid a litle deck over her midships to keepe ye corne drie, but ye men
were faine to stand it out all weathers without shelter; and y' time [139] ..."
3. Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany by William Jackson Hooker (1853)
"In the midships is another library intended for the use of the seamen, showing
that every care has been taken to render this long voyage interesting, ..."
4. Treatise on Iron Ship Building: Its History and Progress as Comprised in a by William Fairbairn (1865)
"... midships partially unsupported, as if two liquid rollers aa (to use a familiar
expression) were passing at the above rate under her bottom. ..."
5. Iron: An Illustrated Weekly Journal for Iron and Steel Manufacturers edited by Sholto Percy, Perry Fairfax Nursey (1825)
"3 is a transverse section of the vessel in midships. A, the shaft. ВВП, &c.
the vanes or sails. (The wind-guides are not shown in this figure, as they would ..."
6. From Calcutta to Pekin: Being Notes Taken from the Journal of an Officer by John Hart Dunne (1861)
"After some trouble we landed him midships, to the great delight of the men.
The cutting him up afforded them a morning's amusement. ..."
7. Iron Ship-building by John Grantham (1868)
"Garboard strake fore-and-aft, ^ in., midships, 1 in. ; next strake, ditto, -f in.,
... Upper deck, of plates, 42 in. broad X § in. thick, midships, ^ in., ..."