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clubhaul

clubhaul verb: to force (a sailing vessel) to change tack by dropping the lee-anchor and hauling in the anchor cable to swing the stern to windward.

Verb

clubhaul (third-person singular simple present clubhauls, present participle clubhauling, simple past and past participle clubhauled)

  1. (transitive) To force (a sailing vessel) to change tack by dropping the lee-anchor and hauling in the anchor cable to swing the stern to windward.

Forms of clubhaul

third-person singular presentclubhauls
present participleclubhauling
past participleclubhauled
pastclubhauled

Origin of clubhaul

From club + haul; derived from nautical clubbing (dragging an anchor along the seabed) and hauling (changing direction).

Words formed from clubhaul

Questions about clubhaul

What does clubhaul mean?
Clubhaul means to force (a sailing vessel) to change tack by dropping the lee-anchor and hauling in the anchor cable to swing the stern to windward.
What part of speech is clubhaul?
Clubhaul is a verb.
What is the past tense of clubhaul?
The past tense of clubhaul is clubhauled.

Words near clubhaul in the dictionary

  1. clubgoers
  2. clubgoing
  3. clubgrass
  4. clubhand
  5. clubhands
  6. clubhaul
  7. clubhauled
  8. clubhauling
  9. clubhaulings
  10. clubhauls
  11. clubhead

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