| 单词 | pully-hauling | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈpully-hauling   ˈpully-hauling  n. the action of pulling or hauling; (in extended use) an action which involves a great deal of effort but demonstrates little skill. ΚΠ 1872    H. T. Ellacombe Church Bells Devon iii. 225  				Hence it [sc. unskilful bellringing] is, by way of ridicule, called ‘Pully hauling’. 1880    Daily Tel. 30 Nov.  				Then commenced such a scrimmage for the mastery, such a pully-hauling and kicking of shins, as was remembered for months after. 1933    Times 15 Apr. 4/6  				McCorkindale added a number of stabbing lefts and upper-cuts to his pulley-hauling at close quarters. 1959    W. H. Scott-Shawe  & A. Wykes Mariner's Tale 51  				All the Master's skill, plus a relentless stint of pulley hauling, was needed to get any movement into the ship. < as lemmas | 
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