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abeam

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a·beam  (-bm)
adv.
At right angles to the keel of a ship.
prep.
Alongside or at right angles to: The ship drew abeam the cove.
abeam
Adverb, adj
at right angles to the length of a ship or aircraft
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Adv.1.abeam - at right angles to the length of a ship or airplane
Bearing approximately 090 degrees or 270 degrees relative; at right angles to the longitudinal axis of a vehicle.
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Squaring her yards, she bore down, ranged abeam under the Pequod's lee, and lowered a boat; it soon drew nigh; but, as the side-ladder was being rigged by Starbuck's order to accommodate the visiting captain, the stranger in question waved his hand from his boat's stern in token of that proceeding being entirely unnecessary.
Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
It was only next day, when Wainwright Island loomed to windward, close abeam, that Wolf Larsen opened his mouth in prophecy.
The Sea Wolf by London, Jack View in context
That's the easterly point of Fakarava, and we'll go in through the passage full-tilt, the wind abeam, and every sail drawing.
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