Meaning of abeam

a•beam

Pronunciation: (u-bēm'), [key]

— adv.

at right angles to the fore-and-aft line: The vessel was sailing with the wind directly abeam.
directly abreast the middle of a ship's side.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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abeam (Thesaurus)

Abe abecedarian

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