hull down

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adjective

(of a ship) having its hull concealed by the horizon

(of a tank) having only its turret visible

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Words nearby hull down

hulking, hulky, hull, hullabaloo, hull balance, hull down, hulled, hull efficiency, hull girder, Hull House, hulling

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How to use hull down in a sentence

We passed through the fleet slowly, and about three o'clock they were hull down on our starboard quarter.
The British Expedition to the Crimea|William Howard Russell
Over again rolled the vast lumbering hull—down—right down upon us it came.
Hurricane Hurry|W.H.G. Kingston
They were steering north, and were hull-down, so that they probably failed to notice the presence of the Flying Fish.
With Airship and Submarine|Harry Collingwood
He 'd be hull down in five hours, for this is a slow old tub.
Gordon Craig|Randall Parrish

In half an hour both vessels were hull down in the offing, and were soon invisible from our point of view.
Due South or Cuba Past and Present|Maturin M. Ballou