beam sea
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of beam sea
First recorded in 1880–85
Example Sentences
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Running in a beam sea and bow-quartering sea we managed 27 knots comfortably while the big Cats loafed along at 1900 rpm.
From Time Magazine Archive
Given all this, I tried to make sense of the electronic shoreline with Anhinga, our 37-foot Bertram, rolling in a beam sea as the Whaler attempted to slip a half hitch around her wheels.
From Time Magazine Archive
At rest in a beam sea, she is tender compared to boats with less deadrise.
From Time Magazine Archive
Her flatter after sections stiffen her motion at rest in a beam sea and create an extremely efficient lifting surface at speed.
From Time Magazine Archive
She might have got clear away, because it was easy enough for her, had she clawed a short way out, risking the beam sea, to have made the harbour where the fishers were.
From The Romance of the Coast by Runciman, James
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