/euh mid"ships'/ , adv.
1. in or toward the middle part of a ship or aircraft; midway between the ends.
2. along the central fore-and-aft line of a ship or aircraft.
3. in or toward the center of anything: a long, narrow office with a desk placed amidships.
adj.
4. of, pertaining to, or located in the middle part of a ship or aircraft.
Also, amidship .
[ 1685-95; AMID + SHIP + -S 1 ]