Definition of haul

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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..

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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..
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..
Halm :: Halm (n.) Same as Haulm.
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..
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..
Hauling :: Hauling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hau.
Keelhauled :: Keelhauled (imp. & p. p.) of Keelhau.
Keelrake :: Keelrake (v. t.) Same as Keelhaul.
Bowline :: Bowline (n.) A rope fastened near the middle of the leech or perpendicular edge of the square sails, by subordinate ropes, called bridles, and used to keep the weather edge of the sail tight forward, when the ship is closehauled..
Run :: Run (a.) To sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing closehauled; -- said of vessels..
Slatting :: Slatting (n.) The violent shaking or flapping of anything hanging loose in the wind, as of a sail, when being hauled down..
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..
Keelhauling :: Keelhauling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Keelhau.
Overhaul :: Overhaul (n.) Alt. of Overhaulin.
Trice :: Trice (v. t.) To pull; to haul; to drag; to pull away.
Haul :: Haul (v. t.) To pull apart, as oxen sometimes do when yoked..
Helm :: Helm (n.) See Haulm, straw..
Overhauled :: Overhauled (imp. & p. p.) of Overhau.
Bushwhacking :: Bushwhacking (n.) Traveling, or working a way, through bushes; pulling by the bushes, as in hauling a boat along the bushy margin of a stream..
Overhale :: Overhale (v. t.) See Overhaul.
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