YAWL Meaning of YAWL in English [yawl] n [LG jolle] (1670) 1: a ship's small boat: jolly boat 2: a fore-and-aft rigged sailboat carrying a mainsail and one or more jibs with a mizzenmast far aft Merriam-Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Merriam Webster. 2012