beam
reach (plural
beam
reaches) (
nautical
) The point of sail where the wind is blowing directly onto the side of the vessel We're sailing on a
beam
reach...
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beam
sea (plural
beam
seas) (
nautical
) A sea whose waves come from abeam and roll against the ship's side. The waves strike the ship
beam
-on....
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broad across the
beam
, broad-
beamed
broad in the
beam
(
nautical
, of a ship) Wide across the hull. 1890 February, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “The Baker Street...
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spring
beam
(plural spring
beams
) (construction) A
beam
of considerable span, without central support; the tie
beam
of a truss. (
nautical
) A
beam
that supports...
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See also:
Beam
and
BEAM
From Middle English beem, from Old English
b?am
(“tree, cross, gallows, column, pillar, wood,
beam
, splint, post, stock, rafter...
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joists. (
nautical
) A
beam
laid across the bitts, to which the cable is fastened when riding at anchor. cross-
beam
a horizontal structural
beam
; a girder...
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beam
-ends?pl (plural only) (
nautical
) The ends of the transverse
beams
of a ship. 1840, R[ichard] H[enry] D[ana], Jr., “CHAPTER XXXV”, in Two Years before...
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serretta?f (plural serrette) (
nautical
) batten,
beam
serrettame sterrate...
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beam
-on (not comparable) (
nautical
) Coming from a point abeam (neither directly ahead/head-on, nor well before the
beam
, nor directly astern, nor well...
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crosspieces) A horizontal or transverse
beam
or similar member that extends across or perpendicular to something. (
nautical
) A bar or timber connecting two knightheads...
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IPA(key): /v?? t?a.v??/ vent travers?m (uncountable) (
nautical
)
beam
reach...
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beam
+? shelf beamshelf (plural beamshelves) (
nautical
) The structure that supports each end of a crossbeam...
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beamy
(category en:
Nautical
)
horns or antlers. beamy stags (
nautical
) Having much
beam
or breadth; wide. Showing or emitting rays of light;
beaming
; radiant; shining. (figuratively)...
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kiwida
(category sw:
Nautical
)
kiwida?(ki-vi class, plural viwida) (
nautical
) hole in the
beam
of a boat where the mast is attached kiyunga...
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kiyunga?(ki-vi class, plural viyunga) (
nautical
) hole in the
beam
of a boat where the mast is attached kiwida...
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spant
(category nb:
Nautical
)
plural) (
nautical
) a frame, a rib (
beam
running from the keel (bottom) to the gunwale (top edge) of a boat, sometimes also of longitudinal
beams
) spant?n...
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raft +? -age raftage (uncountable) (
nautical
) The
beams
used in the rigging of a ship (
nautical
) Rafts considered as a group; the use of rafts...
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See also: oceanliner ocean liner (plural ocean liners) (
nautical
) a narrow-
beam
passenger ship designed for high speed transoceanic travel liner cruise...
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???
(category gez:
Nautical
)
(??rw, “root”). ??? ? (?arwe) (plural ????)
beam
, rafter, timber, column trunk, stem, stalk (
nautical
) mast
beam
of a weaver's loom Dillmann, August (1865)...
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linja +? skwerra IPA(key): /?l?n.ja?s?kw?r.ra/ linja skwerra?f (plural linji skwerri or linji skwerer) (
nautical
)?
beam
lineamenti lineari linja linjetta ?...
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