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)..

Boxhauled :: Boxhauled (imp. & p. p.) of Boxhau.

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

Chauldron :: Chauldron (n.) See Chawdron.

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

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..

Downhaul :: Downhaul (n.) A rope to haul down, or to assist in hauling down, a sail; as, a staysail downhaul; a trysail downhaul..

Haul :: Haul (v. t.) To pull or draw with force; to drag.

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

Haul :: Haul (v. i.) To change the direction of a ship by hauling the wind. See under Haul, v. t..

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

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

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

Haul :: Haul (n.) That which is caught, taken, or gained at once, as by hauling a net..

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..

Haul :: Haul (n.) A bundle of about four hundred threads, to be tarred..

Haulage :: Haulage (n.) Act of hauling; as, the haulage of cars by an engine; charge for hauling..

Hauled :: Hauled (imp. & p. p.) of Hau.

Hauler :: Hauler (n.) One who hauls.

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

Haulm :: Haulm (n.) The denuded stems or stalks of such crops as buckwheat and the cereal grains, beans, etc.; straw..

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

Hauls :: Hauls (n.) See Hals.

Haulse :: Haulse (v.) See Halse.

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

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

Inhauler :: Inhauler (n.) A rope used to draw in the jib boom, or flying jib boom..

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..

Keelhauled :: Keelhauled (imp. & p. p.) of Keelhau.

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

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