əˈ- adverb (or adjective)
Etymology: a- (I) + beam
: on a line forming a right angle with a ship's keel : opposite the middle of a ship's side
at noon we came abeam of the island
the tug lay directly abeam of us
əˈ- adverb (or adjective)
Etymology: a- (I) + beam
: on a line forming a right angle with a ship's keel : opposite the middle of a ship's side
at noon we came abeam of the island
the tug lay directly abeam of us
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012