Definition of haul

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...

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

Lern More About Haul

Trice :: Trice (v. t.) To haul and tie up by means of a rope.
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.
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..
Buntline :: Buntline (n.) One of the ropes toggled to the footrope of a sail, used to haul up to the yard the body of the sail when taking it in..
Outhaul :: Outhaul (n.) A rope used for hauling out a sail upon a spar; -- opposite of inhaul.
Haulm :: Haulm (n.) A part of a harness; a hame.
Bowse :: Bowse (v. i.) To pull or haul; as, to bowse upon a tack; to bowse away, i. e., to pull all together..
Gather :: Gather (v. t.) To haul in; to take up; as, to gather the slack of a rope..
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..
Chauldron :: Chauldron (n.) See Chawdron.
Rouse :: Rouse (v. i. & t.) To pull or haul strongly and all together, as upon a rope, without the assistance of mechanical appliances..
Lug :: Lug (v. i.) To pull with force; to haul; to drag along; to carry with difficulty, as something heavy or cumbersome..
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..
Haul :: Haul (n.) A pulling with force; a violent pull.
Overhauling :: Overhauling () of Overhau.
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..
Hault :: Hault (a.) Lofty; haughty.
Haum :: Haum (n.) See Haulm, stalk..
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..
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..
Random Fonts
Most Popular

close
Privacy Policy   GDPR Policy   Terms & Conditions   Contact Us