The Nautical Encyclopedia
Patterson’s Illustrated Nautical Encyclopedia — Howard Patterson, 1891

Amidships

Sea Terms

A term applied to any place on or below decks that is in the centre of the vessel, whether in reference to the length or to the breadth. Strictly speaking it refers to the axis, or the fore-and-aft line of the vessel--a line drawn over the keel.

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