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

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

Team :: Team (v. i.) To engage in the occupation of driving a team of horses, cattle, or the like, as in conveying or hauling lumber, goods, etc.; to be a teamster..

Overhauling :: Overhauling () of Overhau.

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)..

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

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

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

Warp :: Warp (v. t.) To run off the reel into hauls to be tarred, as yarns..

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

Halm :: Halm (n.) Same as Haulm.

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

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

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

Brail :: Brail (n.) Ropes passing through pulleys, and used to haul in or up the leeches, bottoms, or corners of sails, preparatory to furling..

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..

Leeboard :: Leeboard (n.) A board, or frame of planks, lowered over the side of a vessel to lessen her leeway when closehauled, by giving her greater draught..

Chauldron :: Chauldron (n.) See Chawdron.

Hauls :: Hauls (n.) See Hals.

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..

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