beamy

• One of Stephens's concerns was the seaworthiness of contemporary boats, many of which he thought too beamy, high-sided, light and unstable. —  Sail-World.com USA Latest News
• She was somewhat shallow of hull and flat in the floor, to give her a light draught of water, but to compensate for this she was extraordinarily "beamy," which had the twofold effect of imparting great stiffness under canvas, and affording fine roomy decks. —  A Middy of the King A Romance of the Old British Navy
• Seen from the fore-topmast crosstrees--to which I ascended for the purpose of getting a good look at her--she appeared to be one of those immensely beamy, shallow craft, copied from the slavers; and those vessels, I knew, although they generally sailed like witches, were often anything but weatherly. —  A Middy of the King A Romance of the Old British Navy
• She was of the most up-to-date type with which Escombe was acquainted; that is to say, beamy, rather shallow of body, with spoon bow, and a fin keel, and her designer felt particularly proud of her as he walked round her and critically surveyed her lines and general shape the last thing before giving the word to put her into the water. —  Harry Escombe A Tale of Adventure in Peru
• Bronzed, and the beamy winged bloom that flew —  Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith

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