Usually means: Sailing with wind across stern.
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  1. broad reach: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. broad reach: Wiktionary
  3. broad reach: Dictionary.com

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  1. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)
  2. Broad Reach: Latitude Mexico

Definitions from Wiktionary (broad reach)

noun:  (nautical) The point of sail where the wind is blowing from sternwards of the side of the vessel
verb:  (nautical) To sail on a broad reach

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