hullside

noun

hullside

noun

/ˈhʌlsaɪd/

Etymology From hull + side.

1

Nautical, Transport The side of a ship's hull, typically the outer vertical or sloping surface.

  • Bullets slithered overhead, into the sea, into the hullside.1926 August, Robert Carse, “Stern Chase”, in Power Boating, volume xxviii, number 8, page 34:
  • Hullside racks hold rods, paddles, boat-hook/gaffs, net.1969 January, Field & Stream, volume lxxii, number 9, page 31:
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  • It was sundown when they found the Rocky Goose hullside up, but it was sunrise before they found Willard.2014, Nancy Parsons, The Ghost Ties a Double Knot, Lulu.com, page 34:

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