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Haul :: Haul (n.) A pulling with force; a violent pull.

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..

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

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..

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

Hauled :: Hauled (imp. & p. p.) of Hau.

Lead :: Lead (n.) the distance of haul, as from a cutting to an embankment..

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..

Overhaul :: Overhaul (v. t.) To haul or drag over; hence, to turn over for examination; to inspect; to examine thoroughly with a view to corrections or repairs..

Haul :: Haul (n.) A bundle of about four hundred threads, to be tarred..

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..

Mainsheet :: Mainsheet (n.) One of the ropes by which the mainsail is hauled aft and trimmed.

Warp :: Warp (v. t.) To run off the reel into hauls to be tarred, as yarns..

Keelhauling :: Keelhauling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Keelhau.

Closehauled :: Closehauled (a.) Under way and moving as nearly as possible toward the direction from which the wind blows; -- said of a sailing vessel.

Trice :: Trice (v. t.) To pull; to haul; to drag; to pull away.

Halse :: Halse (v. t.) To haul; to hoist.

Whaul :: Whaul (n.) Same as Whall.

Keelhaul :: Keelhaul (v. i.) To haul under the keel of a ship, by ropes attached to the yardarms on each side. It was formerly practiced as a punishment in the Dutch and English navies..

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..

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