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Toward the middle or "waist" of a vessel, is equally distant from bow and stern. The term "amidships" is frequently used.

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  • The Mirabeau is a race car with an engine mounted mid-ship.
  • UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We've been hit by missiles, mid-ship on the starboard side.
  • The room I had been in was mid-ship and we were walking toward the bow along the starboard side.
  • Thick columns of water streamed into the ocean from holes in the mid-ship, presumably wash from the desk.
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