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yawl

1

[ yawl ]

noun

  1. a ship's small boat, rowed by a crew of four or six.
  2. a two-masted, fore-and-aft-rigged sailing vessel having a large mainmast and a smaller jiggermast or mizzenmast stepped abaft the sternpost. Compare ketch.schooner ( def 1 ), topsail schooner.


yawl

2

[ yawl ]

noun

, British Dialect.
  1. yowl; howl.

yawl

1

/ jɔːl /

noun

  1. a two-masted sailing vessel, rigged fore-and-aft, with a large mainmast and a small mizzenmast stepped aft of the rudderpost Compare ketch sloop
  2. a ship's small boat, usually rowed by four or six oars
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


yawl

2

/ jɔːl /

verb

  1. dialect.
    intr to howl, weep, or scream harshly; yowl
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of yawl1

First recorded in 1660–70, yawl is from the Dutch word jol kind of boat < ?

Origin of yawl2

1300–50; Middle English; yowl
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Word History and Origins

Origin of yawl1

C17: from Dutch jol or Middle Low German jolle, of unknown origin

Origin of yawl2

C14: from Low German jaulen; see yowl
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Example Sentences

The little boat was only twenty-five steps from the farmhouse, while the yawl was still distant about a hundred steps.

With strong and steady sweeps they drew near the boys and not many minutes afterward quickly dragged both on board the yawl.

Not long afterward a yawl was lowered from the boat and two men took their places at the oars.

In this way several bushels of potatoes and a lot of green corn were secured and placed by the natives in the yawl.

But when he found that all persuasion was useless, he bade his people fill the yawl with vegetables and such meat as was on hand.

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