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beam-ends

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beam-ends (bmndz)
pl.n. Nautical
The ends of a ship's beams.
beam-ends
pl n
1. (Transport / Nautical Terms) the ends of a vessel's beams
(Transport / Nautical Terms)
on her beam-ends (of a vessel) heeled over through an angle of 90°
on one's beam-ends
a.  out of resources; destitute
b.  desperate
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Noun1.beam-ends - (nautical) at the ends of the transverse deck beams of a vessel; "on her beam-ends" means heeled over on the side so that the deck is almost vertical
sailing, seafaring, navigation - the work of a sailor
side, face - a surface forming part of the outside of an object; "he examined all sides of the crystal"; "dew dripped from the face of the leaf"
Translations
beam-ends [ˌbiːmˈendz] NPL (Naut) → cabezas fpl de los baos(de un buque)
she was on her beam-ends (Naut) → el buque escoraba peligrosamente
they are on their beam-ends → están en un grave aprieto, no tienen donde caerse muertos
beam-ends
pl to be on one’s beam-ends (Naut) → starke Schlagseite haben; (Brit fig) → auf dem letzten Loch pfeifen (inf)
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Unluckily, however, she "broached to," and was struck by a heavy sea, that hove her on her beam-ends.
Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington View in context
Leaning out of the window, and seeing one of the faces on the beam-ends looking at me sideways, I fancied it was Uriah Heep got up there somehow, and shut him out in a hurry.
David Copperfield by Dickens, Charles View in context
And, halfway to the crosstrees and flattened against the rigging by the full force of the wind so that it would have been impossible for me to have fallen, the Ghost almost on her beam-ends and the masts parallel with the water, I looked, not down, but at almost right angles from the perpendicular, to the deck of the Ghost.
The Sea Wolf by London, Jack View in context
 
 
 
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