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Definition of Beam-ends
1. Noun. (nautical) at the ends of the transverse deck beams of a vessel. "On her beam-ends"
Definition of Beam-ends
1. Noun. (nautical) The ends of the transverse beams of a ship. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Beam-ends
Literary usage of Beam-ends
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1889)
"When a fellow is on his beam-ends, as I was then, he must keep his eyes about
... You get on stunningly, frig-lamps, and haven't been on your beam-ends more ..."
2. History of the American Privateers, and Letters-of-marque: During Our War by George Coggeshall (1856)
"... FROM CHARLESTON FOR FRANCE—LOSS OF FIRST PRIZE—TERRIBLE OALE IN THE BAY OF
BISCAY—THE SCHOONER THROWN ON HER beam-ends—ARRIVES AT LA TESTE—SHORT CRUISE ..."
3. Down North on the Labrador by Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell (1911)
"VII On His Beam Ends NEW YEAR'S DAY had come and gone at our little winter hospital
... BEAM ENDS."
4. Publications of the Navy Records Society by Navy Records Society (Great Britain) (1896)
"... about half-past three a most tremendous gust laid the ship on her beam ends,
when necessity obliged me to order the fore tack and sheet to be cut, ..."
5. Arctic Experiences: Containing Capt. George E. Tyson's Wonderful Drift on by Euphemia Vale Blake (1874)
"Fast to the Iceberg.—Sawing through the Ice.—Electric Clouds.—Pressure of
Floe-ice.—The Iceberg splits in two.—The Polaris on her beam-ends. ..."
6. The Englishwoman in America by Isabella Lucy Bird (1856)
"CHAPTER X. The Place of Council — Its progress and its people — English
hearts — "Sebastopol is taken" — Squibs and crackers — A ship on her beam-ends ..."
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