beam-ends

1. 1.

   (nautical) at the ends of the transverse deck beams of a vessel

   “on her beam-ends”

   Broaderside

   seafaring

Questions about beam-ends

What does beam-ends mean?

beam-ends means "(nautical) at the ends of the transverse deck beams of a vessel".

How many syllables are in beam-ends?

beam-ends has 3 syllables and divides as be-a-m-ends under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is beam-ends a common word?

beam-ends is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.