beam-end

They know what a rogue wave can do, or a white squall that could strike without warning and blow a navire as big as the Saint-Étienne on her beam-end.

Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

They know what a rogue wave can do, or a white squall that could strike without warning and blow a navire as big as the Saint-Étienne on her beam-end.

Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

Island Road, in North Carolina; and in the very act of wearing her, a sudden gust of wind laid her down on her beam-end, and she never rose again!

Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities. Anonymous

If the express was less than three hours late, which it was sure to be if it was running smoothly, they could just beam-end the statue on its pedestal and the presiding elder could unveil it with a hammer.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-01-21 Various

At the point of junction of every beam-end with a shelf-piece, waterway, and rib there is an arrangement of bolts and dowellings (or dovetailings) which makes the whole as solid as possible.

All Afloat A Chronicle of Craft and Waterways William Charles Henry Wood 1905

An extra bolt through the waterway, rib, and outside planking adds to the strength; and a knee, or angular piece of wood or iron connecting the shelf with the under side of the beam, almost completes the {88} beam-end connection.

All Afloat A Chronicle of Craft and Waterways William Charles Henry Wood 1905

"The frigate 'pears to ha' got on its beam-end; shiver my timbers if 't ain't goin 'to founder!"

The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea Mayne Reid 1850

The _Catamaran_, left without control, luffed suddenly round beam-end to the wind; the boom obeyed the impulse of the breeze; and Lilly Lalee, uplifted upon its end, was brushed off from the craft, and jerked far out upon the blue bosom of the ocean!

The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea Mayne Reid 1850

beam-end: the “beams” of a sailing ship are the strong pieces of timber stretching across the vessel to support the deck.

A Furnace Afloat JOE JACKSON 2003

Old Mexico -- blankets from Tehuantepec and Oaxaca, rebosas of woven silk and linen and wool, the cruder colorings of the Navajo and Hopi saddle-blankets, war-bags and buckskin garments heavy with the beadwork of the Utes and Blackfeet, a buffalo-hide shield, an Apache bow and quiver of arrows, skins of the mountain lion and lynx, and hanging from the beam-end a silver-mounted saddle and bridle and above it a Mexican sombrero heavy with golden filigree.

The Ridin' Kid from Powder River Henry Herbert Knibbs 1909