Meaning of broad in the beam | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Wide across the hull.
2. Wide across the hips, with large buttocks.
   idiomatic

Equivalents

Examples

“Ah! She's not that old green launch⟳ with a yellow line, very broad in the beam?”

“[T]he women of Falesa are a handsome lot to see⟳. If they have⟳ a fault, they are a trifle broad in the beam.”

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