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beam-ends

beam-ends noun: the ends of the transverse beams of a ship.

Noun

beam-ends pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) The ends of the transverse beams of a ship.
    • The ship is lying over half upon her beam-ends; lee scuppers under water, and forecastle all in a smother of foam.1840, R[ichard] H[enry] D[ana], Jr., “CHAPTER XXXV”, in Two Years before the Mast. […] (Harper’s Family Library; no. CVI), New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers […], →OCLC
    • It began to be chill; the tide was rapidly fleeting seaward, the schooner settling more and more on her beam-ends.1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC

beam-ends meaning in Tamil

beam-ends in Tamil

கப்பலின் குறுக்குவிட்ட முனைகள்

Questions about beam-ends

What does beam-ends mean?
Beam-ends means the ends of the transverse beams of a ship.
What is beam-ends in Tamil?
Beam-ends in Tamil is கப்பலின் குறுக்குவிட்ட முனைகள். See Beam-ends meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is beam-ends?
Beam-ends is a noun.

Words near beam-ends in the dictionary

  1. beam steerings
  2. beam tracing
  3. beam tree
  4. beam trees
  5. beam up
  6. beam-ends
  7. beam-on
  8. beam-steering
  9. beamable
  10. beamage
  11. Beaman

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