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

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

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

Box :: Box (v. t.) To boxhaul.

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..

Forereach :: Forereach (v. t.) To advance or gain upon; -- said of a vessel that gains upon another when sailing closehauled.

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

Crab :: Crab (a.) A form of windlass, or geared capstan, for hauling ships into dock, etc..

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

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..

Halse :: Halse (v. t.) To haul; to hoist.

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

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

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)..

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

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

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..

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

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

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

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