hullside

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/ˈhʌlsaɪd/

noun

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

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Meanings

nounhullside (plural hullsides)

plural hullsides

  1. nauticalThe side of a ship's hull, typically the outer vertical or sloping surface.

    Hullside racks hold rods, paddles, boat-hook/gaffs, net.

    1969 January, Field & Stream, volume lxxii, number 9, page 31
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    Bullets slithered overhead, into the sea, into the hullside.

    1926 August, Robert Carse, “Stern Chase”, in Power Boating, volume xxviii, number 8, page 34

    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

Origin

From hull + side.

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APA

hullside. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hullside

MLA

“hullside.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hullside. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hullside,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hullside.

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