BEAM-ENDS

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(nautical) at the ends of the transverse deck beams of a vessel

Example:

on her beam-ends

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("beam-ends" is a kind of...):

face; side (a surface forming part of the outside of an object)

Domain category:

navigation; sailing; seafaring (the work of a sailor)

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