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haul-out

haul-out noun: a location where seals or sea lions haul out.

Noun

haul-out (plural haul-outs)

  1. A location where seals or sea lions haul out.
    • Sea lions using haul-outs could be disturbed by closely approaching tour boats and charter/private vessels.1996, Glacier Bay National Park (N.P.) and Preserve, Cruise Vessel Management Plan, page 11
    • Along the mainland coast of the SCB, however, haul-out and rookery sites are relatively scarce.2003, Advanced Amphibious Assault Vehicle, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton and San Clemente Island Range Complex, page 3-67
  2. The act of hauling out (bringing ashore) a boat, especially for repair and maintenance.
    • Use the best bottom paint for your area to lengthen time between haul-outs.1978 June, Judith Archer, “How's Your Boating Dollar Drain”, in Boating, volume 43, number 6, page 114
    • This boat hoist facility at Bryant's Marina, Inc., Seattle, Wash., is a handy haul-out, whether for repair, storage , shipment or other reasons.1959, Andrew R. Mack, Frederic R. Harris, Boat Handling Equipment in the Modern Marina, page 14

Examples of haul-out in a sentence

  • At haul-outs, seals may rest and socialise but pup births are rare.2013, Roger Kirkwood, Simon Goldsworthy, Fur Seals and Sea Lions:
  • I treated the complex of haul-outs at Cape Pierce as a single site and considered combined totals of the averaged daily counts from all haul-outs.2021, J.L Laake, D.G. Robertson, Steven C. Amstrup, Marine Mammal Survey and Assessment Methods, page 169:
  • It's haul-out day, later in the season than is good for the boat or me,1996, Stephen Tudor, Haul-out: New and Selected Poems, page 50:
  • Because the crane had a minimum charge, it was much cheaper to schedule a haul-out at the same time other boats were being moved in the yard.2000, James D. Howard, Jim Howard, Charles J. Doane, Handbook of Offshore Cruising, page 358:

Forms of haul-out

pluralhaul-outs

Questions about haul-out

What does haul-out mean?
Haul-out means a location where seals or sea lions haul out.
How do you use haul-out in a sentence?
At haul-outs, seals may rest and socialise but pup births are rare.
What part of speech is haul-out?
Haul-out is a noun.
What is the plural of haul-out?
The plural of haul-out is haul-outs.

Words near haul-out in the dictionary

  1. haul truck
  2. haul trucks
  3. haul up
  4. haul video
  5. haul videos
  6. haul-out
  7. haul-outs
  8. haul-pack truck
  9. haul-pack trucks
  10. haulable
  11. haulabout

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