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Beam-ends   /bim-ɛndz/   Listen
Beam-ends

noun
1.
(nautical) at the ends of the transverse deck beams of a vessel.





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"Beam-ends" Quotes from Famous Books



... could accomplish their task, or Captain Ingram could gain the deck, the wind suddenly burst upon the devoted vessel from the quarter directly opposite to that from which the gale had blown, taking her all aback, and throwing her on her beam-ends. The man at the helm was hurled over the wheel; while the rest, who were with Oswald at the main-bits, with the coils of ropes, and every other article on deck not secured, were rolled into the scuppers, struggling to extricate themselves from ...
— The Pirate and The Three Cutters • Frederick Marryat
... John Mangles to keep a watchful eye ever open. Mulrady and Wilson more than once brought round the helm when some careless steering threatened to throw the ship on her beam-ends. Often Will Halley would interfere and abuse the two sailors with a volley of oaths. The latter, in their impatience, would have liked nothing better than to bind this drunken captain, and lower him into the ...
— In Search of the Castaways • Jules Verne


Words linked to "Beam-ends" :   face, seafaring, sailing, navigation, side


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