Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of haul is as below...

Boxhaul :: Boxhaul (v. t.) To put (a vessel) on the other tack by veering her short round on her heel; -- so called from the circumstance of bracing the head yards abox (i. e., sharp aback, on the wind)..

Chauldron :: Chauldron (n.) See Chawdron.

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

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

Overhauling :: Overhauling (n.) A strict examination with a view to correction or repairs.

Lug :: Lug (v. i.) To pull with force; to haul; to drag along; to carry with difficulty, as something heavy or cumbersome..

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

Haul :: Haul (v. t.) To pull apart, as oxen sometimes do when yoked..

Parbuckle :: Parbuckle (n.) A kind of purchase for hoisting or lowering a cylindrical burden, as a cask. The middle of a long rope is made fast aloft, and both parts are looped around the object, which rests in the loops, and rolls in them as the ends are hauled up or payed out..

Take :: Take (n.) That which is taken; especially, the quantity of fish captured at one haul or catch..

Hault :: Hault (a.) Lofty; haughty.

Draw :: Draw (v. t.) To cause to move continuously by force applied in advance of the thing moved; to pull along; to haul; to drag; to cause to follow.

Hawm :: Hawm (n.) See Haulm, straw..

Run :: Run (a.) To sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing closehauled; -- said of vessels..

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..

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

Trice :: Trice (v. t.) To haul and tie up by means of a rope.

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

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..

Team :: Team (v. t.) To convey or haul with a team; as, to team lumber..

Random Fonts

Most Popular