HAUL

I. verb Etymology: Middle English halen to pull, from Anglo-French haler, of Germanic origin; akin to Middle Dutch halen to pull; akin to Old English geholian to obtain Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. to exert traction on ; draw , to obtain or move by or as if by ~ing , to transport in a vehicle ; cart , to change the course of (a ship) especially so as to sail closer to the wind, to bring before an authority for interrogation or judgment ; hale , intransitive verb to exert traction ; pull , to move along ; proceed , to furnish transportation, shift , II. noun Date: 1670 1. the act or process of ~ing ; pull , a device for ~ing, 2. the result of an effort to obtain, collect, or win , the quantity of fish taken in a single draft of a net, 3. transportation by ~ing, the length or course of a transportation route , a quantity transported ; load