Definition
Removed or retired from an active shipboard position in the navy or merchant navy.
In Context
- "Ericson had been axed from the navy in 1927, after ten years’ service: he had been on the beach for two hard years[.]"
- "[O]fficers received only half pay when not on active service. Even Horatio Nelson spent five years “on the beach”[.]"
See Also
- furloughed
- grounded