pully-haulyn.adj.

Brit.

/ˌpʊlɪˈhɔːli/, U.S.

/ˈpʊliˈhɔli/,

/ˈpʊliˈhɑli/

Forms: 1700s–1800s pully hawly, 1800s pulley-hauly, 1800s– pully-hauly, 1900s– pulley-hauley.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pull v., -y suffix¹, haul v.

Etymology: < pull v. + -y suffix¹ + haul v. + -y suffix¹. With sense A. 2 compare slightly later pully-haul v.

colloquial.

A. n.

†1. to have a game at pully hauly: to engage in sexual activity. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΚΠ

1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (at cited word) To have a game at pully hawly, to romp with women.

2. Chiefly Nautical. The action or work of pulling and hauling; use of all one's strength; an instance of this. Also figurative.

ΚΠ

1837 Times 4 Mar. 6/6 Mr. Taylor was fighting with a man named George Roberts. It was a sort of pully-hauly.

1877 Q. Rev. 142 69 The ropes with which the old Norsemen played their favourite game of pully-hauly against one another.

1906 Temple Bar Jan. 57 There is the halliard-chanty, sung when the topsail or topgallant yards are being hoisted by pully-hauly or strength of arm.

1940 H. Todd Man named Grant xx. 369 This isn't any kind of government, Sam—this everlasting pully-hauly while the country goes to pot.

1946 J. W. De Forest Volunteer's Adventures iv. 64 Corporals Dutton and Kelly dragged them out of his hands; and after a brief pully-hauly between the two they remained with Kelly.

2000 Daily Mail (Nexis) 17 June 57 [The gaff-rigged cutter] Eda Frandsen is labour intensive, which makes for much pulley-hauley, as they call it in Tall Ships speak.

B. adj.

Involving, consisting of, or characterized by pulling and hauling.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > impelling or driving > pushing and pulling > [adjective] > relating to or used in pulling

tractive1615

pully-hauly1820

tractional1877

the world > movement > impelling or driving > pushing and pulling > [noun] > pulling > work involving or involved in

pully-hauly1820

Johnny Armstrong1922

1820 Sporting Mag. 6 192 It was a complete pully hawly contest on the part of Martin.

1844 T. Hood Schoolmistress Abroad in Whimsicalities (1854) iii. 18 Those new-fangled pulley-hauly exercises, the Calisthenics.

1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 144 ‘I hate such pully-hawly-wark’.

1903 Eng. Dial. Dict. IV. 644/2 [S. Notts.] Neither on 'em wouldn't let goo. It wor a pully-hauly job.

1948 H. Innes Blue Ice viii. 205 Plenty of pully-hauly work on the boat had kept me fit.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pully-hauly
释义	pully-haulyn.adj. Brit. /ˌpʊlɪˈhɔːli/, U.S. /ˈpʊliˈhɔli/, /ˈpʊliˈhɑli/ Forms: 1700s–1800s pully hawly, 1800s pulley-hauly, 1800s– pully-hauly, 1900s– pulley-hauley. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pull v., -y suffix¹, haul v. Etymology: < pull v. + -y suffix¹ + haul v. + -y suffix¹. With sense A. 2 compare slightly later pully-haul v. colloquial. A. n. †1. to have a game at pully hauly: to engage in sexual activity. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (at cited word) To have a game at pully hawly, to romp with women. 2. Chiefly Nautical. The action or work of pulling and hauling; use of all one's strength; an instance of this. Also figurative. ΚΠ 1837 Times 4 Mar. 6/6 Mr. Taylor was fighting with a man named George Roberts. It was a sort of pully-hauly. 1877 Q. Rev. 142 69 The ropes with which the old Norsemen played their favourite game of pully-hauly against one another. 1906 Temple Bar Jan. 57 There is the halliard-chanty, sung when the topsail or topgallant yards are being hoisted by pully-hauly or strength of arm. 1940 H. Todd Man named Grant xx. 369 This isn't any kind of government, Sam—this everlasting pully-hauly while the country goes to pot. 1946 J. W. De Forest Volunteer's Adventures iv. 64 Corporals Dutton and Kelly dragged them out of his hands; and after a brief pully-hauly between the two they remained with Kelly. 2000 Daily Mail (Nexis) 17 June 57 [The gaff-rigged cutter] Eda Frandsen is labour intensive, which makes for much pulley-hauley, as they call it in Tall Ships speak. B. adj. Involving, consisting of, or characterized by pulling and hauling. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impelling or driving > pushing and pulling > [adjective] > relating to or used in pulling tractive1615 pully-hauly1820 tractional1877 the world > movement > impelling or driving > pushing and pulling > [noun] > pulling > work involving or involved in pully-hauly1820 Johnny Armstrong1922 1820 Sporting Mag. 6 192 It was a complete pully hawly contest on the part of Martin. 1844 T. Hood Schoolmistress Abroad in Whimsicalities (1854) iii. 18 Those new-fangled pulley-hauly exercises, the Calisthenics. 1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 144 ‘I hate such pully-hawly-wark’. 1903 Eng. Dial. Dict. IV. 644/2 [S. Notts.] Neither on 'em wouldn't let goo. It wor a pully-hauly job. 1948 H. Innes Blue Ice viii. 205 Plenty of pully-hauly work on the boat had kept me fit. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1785
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