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boxhaul |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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.
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