hull-up

Without any control, the cruiser turned broadside to the wind and was rolled hull-up by a big wave.

State Of War Clancy, Tom 2003

They had kept her hull-up until sunset, firing several shots after her, but the next morning she was nowhere to be seen.

Tarzan of the Apes 1914

They had kept her hull-up until sunset, firing several shots after her, but the next morning she was nowhere to be seen.

Tarzan of the Apes Edgar Rice Burroughs 1912

And there, at last, they perceived the fleet, hull-up above the horizon, in plain sight, with every sail set, carrying on after the pirate at their utmost speed.

Across the Spanish Main A Tale of the Sea in the Days of Queen Bess Harry Collingwood 1886

At length, after I had been aboard about half-an-hour, I was ready to return to our own ship; I therefore ordered two hands down into the boat alongside, and shoved off for the _Europa_, noting, with great satisfaction as I did so, that the breeze was fast dropping, and that the two Indiamen were still hull-up, not having made very much progress to windward during the time that I had been aboard the prize.

A Middy of the King A Romance of the Old British Navy Harry Collingwood 1886

At length, when we had brought the chase fairly hull-up it became apparent that, thanks to the pains taken by the skipper to improve our rate of sailing, the _Eros_ was now a trifle the faster vessel of the two; and that, consequently, nothing short of an accident could prevent us from getting alongside the chase.

A Middy of the Slave Squadron A West African Story Harry Collingwood 1886

Another twenty minutes and she was hull-up from my point of observation, by which time there was no further room for doubt, and I descended to the deck to acquaint the captain with the success of his strategy.

A Middy of the Slave Squadron A West African Story Harry Collingwood 1886

They were under royals, with studding-sails set on both sides, and despite the fact that they were so much bigger than ourselves, we overhauled them so rapidly that by sunset we had brought them hull-up, and had neared them so closely that we were not only able to identify them as line-of-battle ships, but, with the aid of Renouf's splendid telescope, were able to read several of the names emblazoned upon their sterns.

The Log of a Privateersman Harry Collingwood 1886

Approaching each other as we were, nearly end on, we rose each other very rapidly; and at length we in the _Dolphin_ had the satisfaction of seeing the frigate, the vessel most distant from us, fairly hull-up.

The Rover's Secret A Tale of the Pirate Cays and Lagoons of Cuba Harry Collingwood 1886

We were consequently sailing at right angles to the stranger, and rather drawing away from the line of her course than otherwise; yet such was the speed with which she came along that in half an hour she was hull-up from our deck.

The Rover's Secret A Tale of the Pirate Cays and Lagoons of Cuba Harry Collingwood 1886