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

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..

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..

Inhaul :: Inhaul (n.) Alt. of Inhaule.

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

Haul :: Haul (n.) A single draught of a net; as, to catch a hundred fish at a haul..

Chauldron :: Chauldron (n.) See Chawdron.

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..

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

Inboard :: Inboard (a. & adv.) Inside the line of a vessel's bulwarks or hull; the opposite of outboard; as, an inboard cargo; haul the boom inboard..

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..

Slip :: Slip (n.) An inclined plane on which a vessel is built, or upon which it is hauled for repair..

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

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..

Overhale :: Overhale (v. t.) See Overhaul.

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..

Overhaul :: Overhaul (n.) Alt. of Overhaulin.

Tack :: Tack (v. t.) To change the direction of (a vessel) when sailing closehauled, by putting the helm alee and shifting the tacks and sails so that she will proceed to windward nearly at right angles to her former course..

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

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