abeam
qualifier :
Nautical, Aeronautics. at right edges to the fore-and-toward the back line:
(The vessel was cruising with the breeze specifically abeam.)
straightforwardly side by side the center of a ship's side.
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Verifiable Examples of abeam
For if ahead, he would have ceased; assuming abeam, remained for it.
The boat flying the Mexican banner remained hove to abeam.
Similarly as the 'Texas' got abeam of her she was shaken by a forceful blast.
The 'Oregon' was abeam of the 'Colon' at that point, and the heroic Don surrendered it.
Before long we had it off our bow, abeam, on our quarter; we were inshore.
English Dictionary definitions for abeam
abeam
intensifier, descriptive word
(postpositive) at right points to the length and specifically inverse the focal point of a vessel or air ship
abeam - Located at a correct edge to the fore-and-toward the back line; To the other side of a vessel.
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