yawl

¹ American  

[yawl] / yɔl /

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.

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yawl ² American  

[yawl] / yɔl /

noun

British Dialect.

1. yowl; howl.

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yawl ¹ British  

/ 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

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yawl ² British  

/ jɔːl /

verb

1. dialect (intr) to howl, weep, or scream harshly; yowl

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Etymology

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

Example Sentences

In response to another negative comment, she wrote: “It’s tight on these kids right now. Let’s have a laugh and some compassion yawl !”

From Fox News • Apr. 6, 2020

Not only is Cheerio II, an 88-year-old wooden yawl, the oldest boat in the race, its skipper has been around the water even longer than it has.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2019

Benjamin has used viols and mandolin in previous works but never, as far as I know, the eerie yawl of a glass harmonica.

From The Guardian • Mar. 17, 2013

To get out of the harbor, we’re being pushed by the Greyhound, the motor-equipped yawl that the French tows for those times when Mother Nature doesn’t cooperate.

From Washington Post

He said it like, Don’t yawl know anything?

From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia