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Downhaul :: Downhaul (n.) A rope to haul down, or to assist in hauling down, a sail; as, a staysail downhaul; a trysail downhaul..

Haulage :: Haulage (n.) Act of hauling; as, the haulage of cars by an engine; charge for hauling..

Haul :: Haul (n.) Transportation by hauling; the distance through which anything is hauled, as freight in a railroad car; as, a long haul or short haul..

Haul :: Haul (v. i.) To change the direction of a ship by hauling the wind. See under Haul, v. t..

Crab :: Crab (a.) A form of windlass, or geared capstan, for hauling ships into dock, etc..

Jigger :: "Jigger (n. & v.) A light tackle, consisting of a double and single block and the fall, used for various purposes, as to increase the purchase on a topsail sheet in hauling it home; the watch tackle..

Hayrack :: Hayrack (n.) A frame mounted on the running gear of a wagon, and used in hauling hay, straw, sheaves, etc.; -- called also hay rigging..

Clubhaul :: Clubhaul (v. t.) To put on the other tack by dropping the lee anchor as soon as the wind is out of the sails (which brings the vessel's head to the wind), and by cutting the cable as soon as she pays off on the other tack. Clubhauling is attempted only in an exigency..

Overhauling :: Overhauling () of Overhau.

Warp :: Warp (v.) A rope used in hauling or moving a vessel, usually with one end attached to an anchor, a post, or other fixed object; a towing line; a warping hawser..

Bushwhacking :: Bushwhacking (n.) Traveling, or working a way, through bushes; pulling by the bushes, as in hauling a boat along the bushy margin of a stream..

Pull :: Pull (v. i.) To exert one's self in an act or motion of drawing or hauling; to tug; as, to pull at a rope..

Haul :: Haul (n.) That which is caught, taken, or gained at once, as by hauling a net..

Earing :: Earing (n.) A line for hauling the reef cringle to the yard; -- also called reef earing.

Team :: Team (v. i.) To engage in the occupation of driving a team of horses, cattle, or the like, as in conveying or hauling lumber, goods, etc.; to be a teamster..

Boxhauling :: Boxhauling (n.) A method of going from one tack to another. See Boxhaul.

Teaming :: Teaming (n.) The act or occupation of driving a team, or of hauling or carrying, as logs, goods, or the like, with a team..

Kedge :: Kedge (n.) To move (a vessel) by carrying out a kedge in a boat, dropping it overboard, and hauling the vessel up to it..

Hauling :: Hauling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hau.

Janker :: "Janker (n.) A long pole on two wheels, used in hauling logs..

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