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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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
Within a day, all her competitors were hull down on the horizon.
From Time Magazine Archive
Having been brigaded with the British before now, these gentle men knew that their visitors�lying hull down over the horizon of the cobalt sea in battle formation�meant business.
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
And now she's quite hull down a-head, Her sails like little patches, For sand-barges and colliers we May sell our boasted yatches.
From The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 6 August 1906 by Various
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