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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. (nautical) at the ends of the transverse deck beams of a vessel;
- Example: "on her beam-ends" means heeled over on the side so that the deck is almost vertical; 



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

beam-ends
    n 1: (nautical) at the ends of the transverse deck beams of a
         vessel; "on her beam-ends" means heeled over on the side so
         that the deck is almost vertical