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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hauler

Hauler \Haul"er\ (-[~e]r), n.

  1. One who hauls.

  2. A trucking company; a freight transporter using trucks.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
hauler

1670s, from haul (v.) + -er (1).

Wiktionary
hauler

n. 1 A person or thing that haul another person or thing. 2 A person or company engaged in the haulage of goods. 3 A miner who hauls coal from the coalface to the bottom of the shaft. 4 A truck, lorry (gloss: vehicle used to transport heavy goods) 5 (context internet English) Someone who makes a haul video

WordNet
hauler

n. a haulage contractor [syn: haulier]

Usage examples of "hauler".

The haulers, three to a side, grabbed hold of the ropes at the front of the ferry and laboriously began walking toward the back, muttering uneasily as they edged out onto the gray cloaked river.

Again the white-flame machines went to work and cut the metal into removable sections, and hoisters and haulers came and removed them.

Two young guards in white uniforms flanked the hauler, their bored eyes flicking from the wagon bed to Beryal and then to Cerryl, dismissing each in turn.

By legend the restaurant had started as a hole in the wall serving lowly schleppers, haulers of goods.

The lashing and lines were made from tough sealskin, and the reins that would control the bonehead haulers were made of mammoth leather.

No doubt he was wondering where a low-budget hauler like Trilby Elliot would meet up with a high-powered politician.

I started by showing her the Oregonian articles about the Long Hauler.

She was operating three remotes at once: the command ship they were about to transfer to, the cargo hauler for hiding the sailship away, and a special drone in the Earth planetary system commanded to survey all transmissions and locate all spaceborne artifacts.

The stalls have already been reserved, the entry fees have been paid, and a hauler has already been lined up to take them there.

All pipes, fittings, and manifold outlets were identical for all ferries, buses, and cargo haulers, even though the haulers used larger engines.

Serian ships with square bows and slatted sails were berthed end to end with catamarans from Dalopo, bulbous grain haulers from Ornifal, and small craft carrying wine or citrus fruit or metalwork from a dozen islands, some too small to have names to any but their own citizens.

The cavernous repair shop was a confusion of dismembered ships and the greasy clutter of a lifetime- parts everywhere, whole assemblies hanging from lifts and cradles-and bright flashes of ion flow welding from technician droids working high on scaffolding surrounding a massive Kuat Starjammer-IZX fast freight hauler that seemed to take up half the garage.

Single-passenger cars whistled in from the outlying areas, and cargo haulers trundled along the rails delivering supplies and resources: sweet-smelling pine lumber from Toth Holding, fish and kelp and bricks from Sardili Shores, salt and processed chemicals from the dry lakebeds of Dokken Holding.

The cargo haulers heaved the water buffalo cages out of the elevator car, bumping into each other and wrestling the beasts onto the concrete receiving area.

Small cargo haulers puttered about, bringing baggage and supplies from the cars.