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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Soon the Santa Amaro was hull down in Mystery.
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
Then the Indianapolis cast off, the guns of Fort Moultrie fired a Presidential salute and Franklin Roosevelt disappeared hull down over the public horizon.
From Time Magazine Archive
Within a day, all her competitors were hull down on the horizon.
From Time Magazine Archive
Our sea-mates of the morning are hull down behind us—the slower vessels already turning west on the inner arms of the fan formation that is devised to keep us widely separated in the 'danger area.'
From Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war by David W. (David William) Bone
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