Question

broad in the beam

Accepted Answer

fat round the hips – informalA beam was one of the horizontal transverse timbers in a wooden ship and so the word came to refer to a ship's breadth at its widest point. It is from this sense that the current meaning of fat round the hips – informalA beam was one of the horizontal transverse timbers in a wooden ship and so th

Word	broad in the beam
Description	fat round the hips – informal A beam was one of the horizontal transverse timbers in a wooden ship and so the word came to refer to a ship's breadth at its widest point. It is from this sense that the current meaning of fat round the hips – informal A beam was one of the horizontal transverse timbers in a wooden ship and so th

Beam Fat Round Hips Informal Horizontal Transverse Timbers