haul

v. i. 1. (Naut.) To change the direction of a ship by hauling the wind. See under Haul, v. t. [ 1913 Webster ]

I . . . hauled up for it, and found it to be an island. Cook. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To pull apart, as oxen sometimes do when yoked. [ 1913 Webster ]

To haul around (Naut.), to shift to any point of the compass; -- said of the wind. --
To haul off (Naut.), to sail closer to the wind, in order to get farther away from anything; hence, to withdraw; to draw back. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A pulling with force; a violent pull. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A single draught of a net; as, to catch a hundred fish at a haul. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which is caught, taken, or gained at once, as by hauling a net. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Transportation by hauling; the distance through which anything is hauled, as freight in a railroad car; as, a long haul or short haul. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Rope Making) A bundle of about four hundred threads, to be tarred. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A bargelike vessel with steel hull, large hatchways, and coal transporters, for coaling war vessels from its own hold or from other colliers. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. Act of hauling; as, the haulage of cars by an engine; charge for hauling. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who hauls. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A trucking company; a freight transporter using trucks. [ PJC ]

n. a haulage contractor.
Syn. -- hauler. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ OE. halm, AS. healm; akin to D., G., Dan., & Sw. halm, Icel. hālmr, L. calamus reed, cane, stalk, Gr. kalamo`s. Cf. Excel, Culminate, Culm, Shawm, Calamus. ] The denuded stems or stalks of such crops as buckwheat and the cereal grains, beans, etc.; straw. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A part of a harness; a hame. [ 1913 Webster ]