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To pull or draw with force; to drag. Some dance, some haul the rope. Denham. Thither they bent, and hauled their ships to land. Pope. Romp-loving miss Is hauled about in gallantry robust. Thomson.

A bargelike vessel with steel hull, large hatchways, and coal transporters, for coaling war vessels from its own hold or from other colliers.

Act of hauling; as, the haulage of cars by an engine; charge for hauling.

One who hauls.

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

See Hals.

See Halse.

Lofty; haughty. [Obs.] Through support of countenance proud and hault. Spenser.

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). Totten.

A method of going from one tack to another. See Boxhaul.

See Chawdron. [Obs.]

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

ead 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.

A rope to haul down, or to assist in hauling down, a sail; as, a staysail downhaul; a trysail downhaul.

A rope used to draw in the jib boom, or flying jib boom.

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. Totten.

A rope used for hauling out a sail upon a spar; -- opposite of inhaul.

To haul or drag over; hence, to turn over for examination; to inspect; to examine thoroughly with a view to corrections or repairs.

A strict examination with a view to correction or repairs.

Same as Whall.