beam sea


nounNautical.
  1. a sea striking the vessel at right angles to its keel.

Origin of beam sea

1
First recorded in 1880–85

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How to use beam sea in a sentence

  • Behind us the locomotives smoke stack rolled like a steamers funnel when a 298 beam sea is running.

    The Sea and the Jungle | H. M. Tomlinson
  • Actually, I know there was a heavy beam sea running before a half-gale.

    Old Junk | H. M. Tomlinson
  • The ship did not behave well in a beam sea, for soon she shipped seas on either side, and she lost as much way as she made.

    The Solomon Islands and Their Natives | H. B. (Henry Brougham) Guppy
  • A southeast gale, a beam sea, and the tiny opening of the Jew's Mouth was a bad combination to face in a black night.

    Poor Man's Rock | Bertrand W. Sinclair
  • From time to time it careened like a blunt-nosed barge in a beam sea.

    The Million Dollar Mystery | Harold MacGrath