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boxhaul

boxhaul verb: to bring (a square-rigged ship) onto a new tack by hauling back the foresails whilst steering hard round.

Verb

boxhaul (third-person singular simple present boxhauls, present participle boxhauling, simple past and past participle boxhauled)

  1. (ambitransitive) To bring (a square-rigged ship) onto a new tack by hauling back the foresails whilst steering hard round.
    Synonyms:
    box

Synonyms of boxhaul

Forms of boxhaul

third-person singular presentboxhauls
present participleboxhauling
past participleboxhauled
pastboxhauled

Questions about boxhaul

What does boxhaul mean?
Boxhaul means to bring (a square-rigged ship) onto a new tack by hauling back the foresails whilst steering hard round.
What part of speech is boxhaul?
Boxhaul is a verb.
What is the past tense of boxhaul?
The past tense of boxhaul is boxhauled.

Words near boxhaul in the dictionary

  1. boxfishes
  2. Boxford
  3. boxful
  4. boxfuls
  5. Boxgrove
  6. boxhaul
  7. boxhauled
  8. boxhauling
  9. boxhauls
  10. boxhead
  11. boxheads

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