Haul , n.
1. A pulling with force; a
violent pull.
2. A single draught of a net; as, to catch a hundred fish at a haul.
3. That which is
caught, taken, or gained at once, as by
hauling a net.
4. Transportation
by hauling; the distance through which anything is hauled, as freight in a
railroad car; as, a long haul or short haul.
5. (Rope Making) A bundle of about four hundred threads, to be tarred.
Haul , v. i. 1. (Naut.) To change the
direction of a ship by hauling
the wind. See under Haul, v. t.
I
. . . hauled up for it, and found
it to be an island.
Cook. 2. To pull apart, as oxen sometimes do when yoked.
To haul around (Naut.),
to shift to any point
of the compass; -- said of the wind. -- To haul off (Naut.), to sail closer to the
wind, in order to get
farther away from anything; hence, to withdraw; to draw back.
Haul (h&add;l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hauled (h&add;ld); p. pr. & vb. n.
Hauling.]
[OE. halen, halien, F.
haler, of German or Scand. origin; akin to AS.
geholian to acquire, get, D. halen to fetch, pull, draw, OHG. holōn, halōn, G. holen, Dan. hale to haul, Sw. hala, and to L.
calare to call, summon, Gr. kalei^n to call. Cf. Hale, v. t., Claim. Class, Council,
Ecclesiastic.] 1.
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.
2. To transport by drawing, as with horses or oxen; as, to haul logs to a sawmill.
When I was seven or
eight years of age, I began hauling all the wood
used in the house and shops.
U. S. Grant. To haul over the
coals. See under Coal. -- To haul the wind (Naut.), to turn the head
of the ship
nearer to the point from which the wind blows.
Hear it pronounced