1. floating or drifting without power or control; abandoned or left adrift
Usage: nautical; archaic or literary

1. in a state of being adrift or without control
Usage: nautical; archaic or literary

Examples

• The damaged ship lay ahull in the storm.
• After the engine failed, the boat drifted ahull for hours.
• The crew abandoned the vessel, leaving it ahull on the open sea.
• With no anchor and no sail, the wreck remained ahull.
• The captain feared the ship would be left ahull if the repairs took too long.