multistep hydroplane

[ muhl-ti-step ]

/ ˈmʌl tɪˌstɛp /

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noun Nautical.

a motorship having a flat bottom built as a series of planes inclined forward, the ship planing on each from stem to stern as its speed increases.

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Origin of multistep hydroplane

At ninety feet the Captain spoke again, and the hydroplane-wheels spun as her downward way was checked.
The Story of Our Submarines|John Graham Bower
"E 50" came out of the affair with the loss of her port-bow hydroplane and a few dents.
The Story of Our Submarines|John Graham Bower
A few hands keep watch on the hydroplane wheels, the pumps, and the motors; the rest take it easy.
The Story of Our Submarines|John Graham Bower
There is a kind of machine sometimes called a hydroplane but which we are gradually getting to call a sea-plane.
The Romance of War Inventions|Thomas W. Corbin

And it really can sail in the air or on the icelike a hydroplane?
The Girls of Central High on the Stage|Gertrude W. Morrison