"haul" Definition

Definitions for the word "haul" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. v. t.
To pull or draw with force; to drag.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. v. t.
To transport by drawing, as with horses or oxen; as, to haul logs to a sawmill.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. v. i.
To change the direction of a ship by hauling the wind. See under Haul, v. t.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. v. t.
To pull apart, as oxen sometimes do when yoked.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
A pulling with force; a violent pull.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
A single draught of a net; as, to catch a hundred fish at a haul.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
That which is caught, taken, or gained at once, as by hauling a net.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. n.
Transportation by hauling; the distance through which anything is hauled, as freight in a railroad car; as, a long haul or short haul.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. n.
A bundle of about four hundred threads, to be tarred.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. v.
1 pull or drag forcibly. 2 transport by lorry, cart, etc. 3 turn a ship''s course. 4 colloq. (usu. Foll. By up) bring for reprimand or trial. n. 1 hauling. 2 amount gained or acquired. 3 distance to be traversed (a short haul). haul over the coals see *coal. [french haler from old norse hala]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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