hull down
Britishadjective
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(of a ship) having its hull concealed by the horizon
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(of a tank) having only its turret visible
Example Sentences
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I closed my eyes and instantly began dreaming of sliding down the side of the trawler's hull, down again into that murky green darkness.
From Time Magazine Archive
Almost killed when his radical Paula III overturned in 1933, unshipping her mast and smashing her hull down on him, Starke Meyer returned to racing, continued his experimental Paula series through 1935.
From Time Magazine Archive
A merchant ship doing 20 knots can go from being hull down on the horizon to being on top of you in less time than that, especially in reduced visibility.
From Time Magazine Archive
Soon the Santa Amaro was hull down in Mystery.
From Time Magazine Archive
And as luck would have it the Battle-Axe, which was by now almost hull down to the nor'ard, got into it first.
From The Strand Magazine, Vol. 27, No. 161, May 1904 by Various
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