Beam-ends
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Beam-ends is a noun meaning (nautical) The ends of the transverse beams of a ship.
Meaning
(nautical) The ends of the transverse beams of a ship.
Example Sentences
The ship is lying over half upon her beam-ends; lee scuppers under water, and forecastle all in a smother of foam.
It began to be chill; the tide was rapidly fleeting seaward, the schooner settling more and more on her beam-ends.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include beam, crossbeam, beak, bitt-heads, term, forebeam.
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