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Webster 1913 Edition

Yawl

Yawl

,
Verb.
I.
[OE.
ȝaulen
,
ȝoulen
,
gaulen
,
goulen
, Icel.
gaula
to low, bellow. Cf.
Gowl
.]
To cry out like a dog or cat; to howl; to yell.
Tennyson.
There howling Scyllas
yawling
round about.
Fairfax.

Webster 1828 Edition

Yawl

YAWL

,
Noun.
A small ships boat, usually rowed by four or six oars.

YAWL

,
Verb.
I.
To cry out. [See Yell.]

Definition 2025

yawl

yawl

See also: y'awl

English

Noun

yawl ‎(plural yawls)

  1. A small ship's boat, usually rowed by four or six oars.
  2. A fore-and-aft rigged sailing vessel with two masts, main and mizzen, the mizzen stepped abaft the rudder post.
Translations

Etymology 2

Imitative.

Verb

yawl ‎(third-person singular simple present yawls, present participle yawling, simple past and past participle yawled)

  1. To cry out; to howl.

Manx

Etymology

Borrowing from English yawl.

Noun

yawl m ‎(genitive singular yawl, plural yawlyn)

  1. yawl

Etymology

Apparently from Middle Low German jolle, or Dutch jol.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jɔːl/
  • Homophone: y'all

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