- boxhauled
- v. turn the ship around, change direction (Nautical)
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
boxhauled
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Boxhauled — Boxhaul Box haul , v. 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.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Boxhaul — Box haul , v. 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. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
