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Hauling :: Hauling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hau.

Bushwhacking :: Bushwhacking (n.) Traveling, or working a way, through bushes; pulling by the bushes, as in hauling a boat along the bushy margin of a stream..

Hayrack :: Hayrack (n.) A frame mounted on the running gear of a wagon, and used in hauling hay, straw, sheaves, etc.; -- called also hay rigging..

Overhale :: Overhale (v. t.) See Overhaul.

Downhaul :: Downhaul (n.) A rope to haul down, or to assist in hauling down, a sail; as, a staysail downhaul; a trysail downhaul..

Chauldron :: Chauldron (n.) See Chawdron.

Haul :: Haul (n.) A single draught of a net; as, to catch a hundred fish at a haul..

Overhaul :: Overhaul (v. t.) To gain upon in a chase; to overtake.

Hauled :: Hauled (imp. & p. p.) of Hau.

Crab :: Crab (a.) A form of windlass, or geared capstan, for hauling ships into dock, etc..

Boxhauled :: Boxhauled (imp. & p. p.) of Boxhau.

Team :: Team (v. t.) To convey or haul with a team; as, to team lumber..

Haulm :: Haulm (n.) A part of a harness; a hame.

Tug :: Tug (v. t.) To pull or draw with great effort; to draw along with continued exertion; to haul along; to tow; as, to tug a loaded cart; to tug a ship into port..

Gripe :: Gripe (v. i.) To tend to come up into the wind, as a ship which, when sailing closehauled, requires constant labor at the helm..

Kedge :: Kedge (n.) To move (a vessel) by carrying out a kedge in a boat, dropping it overboard, and hauling the vessel up to it..

Clubhaul :: Clubhaul (v. t.) To put on the other tack by dropping the lee anchor as soon as the wind is out of the sails (which brings the vessel's head to the wind), and by cutting the cable as soon as she pays off on the other tack. Clubhauling is attempted only in an exigency..

Bowline :: Bowline (n.) A rope fastened near the middle of the leech or perpendicular edge of the square sails, by subordinate ropes, called bridles, and used to keep the weather edge of the sail tight forward, when the ship is closehauled..

Gather :: Gather (v. t.) To haul in; to take up; as, to gather the slack of a rope..

Hale :: Hale (v. t.) To pull; to drag; to haul.

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