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Webster 1913 Edition
Clubhaul
Club′haulˊ
,Verb.
T.
(Naut.)
To put on the other tack by dropping the lee anchor as soon as the wind is out of the sails (which brings the vessel’s head to the wind), and by cutting the cable as soon as she pays off on the other tack. Clubhauling is attempted only in an exigency.
Definition 2024
clubhaul
clubhaul
See also: club haul
English
Verb
clubhaul (third-person singular simple present clubhauls, present participle clubhauling, simple past and past participle clubhauled)
- (transitive, nautical) To force a sailing vessel to change tack by dropping the lee-anchor and hauling in the anchor cable to swing the stern to windward.
Derived terms
References
- Clubhaul, Webster's Dictionary.