Definitions
at right angles to the length of a ship or airplane
Word origin
From a- (“in the direction of”) + beam (“keel”).
Used in a sentence
“We were heading S.S.W., and had a steady breeze abeam and a quiet sea.”
“[…] waves striking the ship abeam pushed her always south of their new course, and rolled her, and filled her with water so that bailing must be ceaseless […]”
“The island was directly abeam of us.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Sideways to keel”5 letters
02“Off a vessel's side”5 letters
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