What does broad in the beam mean?

broad in the beam

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.99 in modern English

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adj

"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."

broad across the beam (alternative) broad-beamed (alternative)

broad on the beam

broad on the beam

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