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

There was still a strong beam wind, however, which carried the sledge downhill, with the result that for one forward step two had to be taken to the right.

From The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 by Mawson, Douglas, Sir

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.

From With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)

All morning, under a brisk beam wind which had sprung up with the rising of the sun, the Arangi flew north, her course continuously advertised by the increasing smoke-talk that gossiped along the green summits. 

From Jerry of the Islands by London, Jack

With a strong beam wind and in moderate drift big marches were made for two days, during which the compass and sastrugi determined our course.

From The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 by Mawson, Douglas, Sir

The surface was good, but a strong beam wind hindered us while approaching the head of Depot Bay.

From The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 by Mawson, Douglas, Sir