abeam

abeam
/euh beem"/, adv.
1. Naut., Aeron. at right angles to the fore-and-aft line: The vessel was sailing with the wind directly abeam.
2. directly abreast the middle of a ship's side.
[1830-40; A-1 + BEAM]

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