beam wind

American  

[wind] / wɪnd /

noun

Nautical.

1. a wind blowing against a vessel from a direction at right angles to its keel.

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Example Sentences

Gripping the stanchion rail surrounding the gun platform, for the Calder was rolling considerably in the "wash" of her preceding consorts, and exposed to a stiff beam wind, the sub watched the operation.

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Next morning they found the decks wet and slippery, more clouds in the sky, a fair beam wind blowing, and a trifle of canvas displayed.

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First on the line went the noble Arrandoon sailing, not steaming, for a nice beam wind was blowing; next came the Canny Scotia with her tall, tapering spars; and the saucy Highflier, with her fore-and-aft canvas, brought up the rear.

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The ship sailed in a day or two, heading away down channel on a beam wind.

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Tom told me it was a beam wind, else I wouldn’t have known, for it was just the same colour as any other wind.

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