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

Leeboard :: Leeboard (n.) A board, or frame of planks, lowered over the side of a vessel to lessen her leeway when closehauled, by giving her greater draught..

Overhauled :: Overhauled (imp. & p. p.) of Overhau.

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..

Hauls :: Hauls (n.) See Hals.

Gather :: Gather (v. t.) To haul in; to take up; as, to gather the slack of a rope..

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..

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

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

Bowse :: Bowse (v. i.) To pull or haul; as, to bowse upon a tack; to bowse away, i. e., to pull all together..

Haulm :: Haulm (n.) A part of a harness; a hame.

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

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

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..

Tack :: Tack (v. t.) A rope used to hold in place the foremost lower corners of the courses when the vessel is closehauled (see Illust. of Ship); also, a rope employed to pull the lower corner of a studding sail to the boom..

Chauldron :: Chauldron (n.) See Chawdron.

Haul :: Haul (v. t.) To transport by drawing, as with horses or oxen; as, to haul logs to a sawmill..

Keelrake :: Keelrake (v. t.) Same as Keelhaul.

Gripe :: Gripe (v. i.) To tend to come up into the wind, as a ship which, when sailing closehauled, requires constant labor at the helm..

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

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