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Hauled

Haul \Haul\ (h[add]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hauled (h[add]ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Hauling.] [OE. halen, halien, F. haler, of German or Scand. origin; akin to AS. geholian to acquire, get, D. halen to fetch, pull, draw, OHG. hol[=o]n, hal[=o]n, G. holen, Dan. hale to haul, Sw. hala, and to L. calare to call, summon, Gr. kalei^n to call. Cf. Hale, v. t., Claim. Class, Council, Ecclesiastic.]

  1. To pull or draw with force; to drag.

    Some dance, some haul the rope.
    --Denham.

    Thither they bent, and hauled their ships to land.
    --Pope.

    Romp-loving miss Is hauled about in gallantry robust.
    --Thomson.

  2. To transport by drawing, as with horses or oxen; as, to haul logs to a sawmill.

    When I was seven or eight years of age, I began hauling all the wood used in the house and shops.
    --U. S. Grant.

    To haul over the coals. See under Coal.

    To haul the wind (Naut.), to turn the head of the ship nearer to the point from which the wind blows.

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hauled

vb. (en-past of: haul)

Usage examples of "hauled".

Fardles, despite what they hauled out of cabinets and crannies on the Albatross, we're still only alleged Treaty breakers, not actual criminals.

Aygar's eyes glittered with anger as she leaned down and, grabbing his right arm, hauled him onto his back.

Anyway, Patrick plunged in, thinking Todd needed to be rescued, only he lost his footing and had to be hauled out.

The team hauled their horses to a halt, giving them a breather as they assessed the best vantage points before the swarm arrived.

That night Kelly slept well for the first time since Todd and Ken had beer hauled off to Earth.

Though he wanted to close his fingers tightly about Greene's neck, instead he hauled the commander upright by handful of his tunic.

Teddy needed little urging from Kelly now, as she hauled him to the top of the nearby ridge and slid down the far side.

Hayumans and Hrrubans in respirators with brushes full of the sticky sap treated the timbers, which became strong as iron and immobile in their newly cut shapes, yet still light enough to be hauled about by two sturdy workers or one Gringg.

Lunzie muttered to herself as Varian located an untethered vine and hauled it up.

Varian hauled the thermal blanket over her shoulders and was asleep almost before she could pillow her head on her arm.

Rianav hauled the sled to starboard, her quick action preventing a collision.

She found herself hauled along to student events and concerts with them and their "Gang," as they called themselves, a loose conglomeration of thirty or so of all ages and races from across the University.

He seemed to be constantly in the shuttle lab, except when Lunzie hauled him out to eat his meals.

She ought to have hauled Trizein away from his beloved electro-microscope.

He seized Varian by the front of her shipsuit and hauled her out, flinging her against the ceramic side of the shuttle with such force that it broke her arm.