beam-ends

Definitions of beam-ends
  1. noun
    (nautical) at the ends of the transverse deck beams of a vessel
    “"on her beam-ends" means heeled over on the side so that the deck is almost vertical”
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    type of:
    face, side
    a surface forming part of the outside of an object
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