AMIDSHIPS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does amidships mean? 

• AMIDSHIPS (adverb)
  The adverb AMIDSHIPS has 1 sense:

1. at or near or toward the center of a ship

  Familiarity information: AMIDSHIPS used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AMIDSHIPS (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

At or near or toward the center of a ship

Synonyms:

amidship; amidships; midships

Context example:

in the late 19th century, engines were placed in front, amidships, and at the rear

 Context examples 

I did not see it myself, but my assistants, first one and then the other, deserted me for a few moments to run amidships and look at what was going on.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

I understood him to add that she was parting amidships, and I could readily suppose so, for the rolling and beating were too tremendous for any human work to suffer long.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Ruth sat near him in the stern, while the three young fellows lounged amidships, deep in a wordy wrangle over "frat" affairs.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Easy with that, men—easy, he ran on, to the fellows who were shifting the powder; and then suddenly observing me examining the swivel we carried amidships, a long brass nine, Here you, ship's boy, he cried, out o' that!

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

“You must do as I say,” I interrupted authoritatively, for I saw Wolf Larsen’s gaze wandering toward us from where he paced up and down with Latimer amidships.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Wolf Larsen went amidships and took the coil of the throat-halyards from its pin.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Our men, clustering amidships, waved their hats and raised a derisive cheer.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Wolf Larsen strode aft from amidships, where he had been talking with the rescued men.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

It was at this moment that Leach and Johnson looked up into the faces of their shipmates, who lined the rail amidships.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

He swept his arm in an impatient gesture toward a number of the sailors who were working on some kind of rope stuff amidships.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)