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Veer square-rigger sharply
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boxhaul
Word definitions for boxhaul in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Boxhaul \Box"haul`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Boxhauled .] (Naut.) To put (a vessel) on the other tack by veering her short round on her heel; -- so called from the circumstance of bracing the head yards abox (i. e., sharp aback, on the wind). --Totten.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (context nautical English) To bring a square-rigged ship onto a new tack by hauling back the foresails whilst steering hard round
Usage examples of boxhaul.
For three days they had been boxhauling the yards about to no purpose, and it was sickening work running stunsail-booms out to airs that died in their struggles to reach us.