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boxhaul
[ boks-hawl ]
/ ˈbɒksˌhɔl /
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verb (used with object) Nautical.
to put (a square-rigged sailing vessel) on a new tack by bracing the head yards aback and backing onto the new heading.
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How to use boxhaul in a sentence
There are times when you tack and wear, and boxhaul ship every fifteen minutes.
The Flying Bo'sun|Arthur Mason
British Dictionary definitions for boxhaul
boxhaul
/ (ˈbɒksˌhɔːl) /
verb
nautical to bring (a square-rigger) onto a new tack by backwinding the foresails and steering hard round
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