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单词 boxhaul
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boxhaul

[ boks-hawl ]
/ ˈbɒksˌhɔl /

verb (used with object) Nautical.

to put (a square-rigged sailing vessel) on a new tack by bracing the head yards aback and backing onto the new heading.

Origin of boxhaul

1760–70; box1 (v.) + haul

Words nearby boxhaul

box-fresh, boxful, box girder, Boxgrove man, box gutter, boxhaul, boxhead, boxholder, box huckleberry, boxing, Boxing Day
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Example sentences from the Web for boxhaul

  • There are times when you tack and wear, and boxhaul ship every fifteen minutes.

    The Flying Bo'sun|Arthur Mason

British Dictionary definitions for boxhaul

boxhaul
/ (ˈbɒksˌhɔːl) /

verb

nautical to bring (a square-rigger) onto a new tack by backwinding the foresails and steering hard round
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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