broad in the beam
English
Alternative forms
- broad across the beam, broad-beamed
Pronunciation
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Adjective
broad in the beam
- (nautical, of a ship) Wide across the hull.
- 1890, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, chapter 8, in The Sign of the Four, London: Spencer Blackett:
- "Ah! She's not that old green launch with a yellow line, very broad in the beam?"
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- (idiomatic, of a person, especially a female) Wide across the hips, with large buttocks.
- 1905, Robert Louis Stevenson, Island Nights' Entertainments, "The Beach of Falesa", ch. 1:
- [T]he women of Falesa are a handsome lot to see. If they have a fault, they are a trifle broad in the beam.
- 1905, Robert Louis Stevenson, Island Nights' Entertainments, "The Beach of Falesa", ch. 1:
Translations
wide-hipped, having large buttocks
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See also
- broad on the beam