Home › Words › H › hullsidehullside/ˈhʌlsaɪd/hullside means the side of a ship's hull, typically the outer vertical or sloping surface.hullside is pronounced /ˈhʌlsaɪd/.EtymologyFrom hull + side.nounThe side of a ship's hull, typically the outer vertical or sloping surface.e.g.“Bullets slithered overhead, into the sea, into the hullside.” — 1926 August, Robert Carse, “Stern Chase”, in Power Boating, volume xxviii, number 8, page 34:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).