Talk:amidships
Latest comment: 4 years ago by Backinstadiums in topic Etymology: amid + ships
adverb/adjective
[edit](adverb, adjective) near center of vessel: near or in the middle of a boat or ship Microsoft® Encarta® 2009
--Backinstadiums (talk) 20:16, 22 January 2020 (UTC)
Etymology: amid + ships
[edit](adv.), from amid + ship (n.). It retains the genitive -s of compounds of amid in Middle English. https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=amidships