hull down

adjective

1. (of a ship) having its hull concealed by the horizon
2. (of a tank) having only its turret visible

Example Sentences

We passed through the fleet slowly, and about three o'clock they were hull down on our starboard quarter.

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Over again rolled the vast lumbering hull—down—right down upon us it came.

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They were steering north, and were hull-down, so that they probably failed to notice the presence of the Flying Fish.

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He 'd be hull down in five hours, for this is a slow old tub.

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In half an hour both vessels were hull down in the offing, and were soon invisible from our point of view.

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