abeam

 
Pronunciation: /əˈbiːm/

adverb

  • on a line at right angles to a ship’s or an aircraft’s length: the lighthouse was abeam at noon
  • (abeam of) opposite the middle of (a ship or aircraft): she was lying almost abeam of us [as preposition]: before I knew it, I was abeam the ship

Origin:

mid 19th century: from a-2 (expressing general direction) + beam