Ahull

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  • ad. at the hull of a ship
  • ad. Having the sails furled and the helm lashed alee, as during a storm.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • ad. With the sails furled, and the helm lashed alee; -- applied to ships in a storm. See hull, n.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Nautical, in or into the position of a ship when her sails are furled and the helm is lashed to the lee side; in the position of a vessel when she lies to, with all her sails furled.
    • Word Usage
    "As I have already said, the ship under her large low-reefed top-sail and fore stay-sail has been brought ahull, that is to say, she copes directly with the wind, by presenting her broad bows to the sea; and so we go on still drift, drift, continually to the south."
    Variant
    hull   
     
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