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Webster 1913 Edition
Boxhaul
Box′haulˊ
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Boxhauled
.] (Naut.)
To put (a vessel) on the other tack by veering her short round on her heel; – so called from the circumstance of bracing the head yards abox (i. e., sharp aback, on the wind).
Totten.
Definition 2024
boxhaul
boxhaul
English
Verb
boxhaul (third-person singular simple present boxhauls, present participle boxhauling, simple past and past participle boxhauled)
- (nautical) To bring a square-rigged ship onto a new tack by hauling back the foresails whilst steering hard round