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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beam wind

When there is a stiff beam wind the bows of a racing craft tend to bear up into the wind’s eye.

From Boating by Woodgate, W. B.

On the 16th we were off at 9 A.M. with a blue sky above and a "beam" wind of thirty-five miles per hour.

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

Except when Godfrey was asleep Luka did not steer, for he did not like the management of the sail, especially now that the boat at times heeled over a great deal with the beam wind.

From Condemned as a Nihilist A Story of Escape from Siberia by Paget, Walter

Before a fresh beam wind the Fancy was slipping rapidly through the water, with Captain Duff steering, Bonny doing odd jobs about deck, and the passengers confining themselves closely to the hold.

From Rick Dale, A Story of the Northwest Coast by Munroe, Kirk

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.

From Shireen and her Friends Pages from the Life of a Persian Cat by Stables, Gordon