BOXHAUL


Meaning of BOXHAUL in English

/boks"hawl'/ , v.t. Naut.

to put (a square-rigged sailing vessel) on a new tack by bracing the head yards aback and backing onto the new heading.

[ 1760-70; BOX 1 (v.) + HAUL ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .