| NOUN | location | beam-ends | (nautical) at the ends of the transverse deck beams of a vessel |
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| Meaning | (nautical) at the ends of the transverse deck beams of a vessel. | |
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| Example | "on her beam-ends"means heeled over on the side so that the deck is almost vertical | |
| Category | seafaring, navigation, sailing | The work of a sailor / sailor |
| Broader | side, face | A surface forming part of the outside of an object |
| Catalan | caps dels baus | |
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