We were heading S.S.W., and had a steady breeze abeam and a quiet sea.
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Abeam
//əˈbiːm//
Synonyms for "abeam" (4 found)
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6 translations across 4 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- в траверс adv (alongside)
Dutch
1 entries- dwarsscheeps adv (alongside)
Finnish
3 entries- kyljittäin adv (alongside)
- suoraan sivulla adv (on the beam)
- vieressä adv (alongside)
German
1 entries- Querab adv (on the beam)
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[…] 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 […]
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The island was directly abeam of us.
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The sound shifted its place markedly, but without coming nearer. It even grew a little more distant right abeam of the lighter, and then ceased again.
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