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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Haul \Haul\ (h[add]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hauled} (h[add]ld); p. pr & vb n. {Hauling}.] [OE. halen, halien, F. haler, of German or Scand. origin; akin to AS geholian to acquire, get D. halen to fetch, pull draw, OHG. hol[=o]n, hal[=o]n, G. holen, Dan. hale to haul, Sw hala, and to L. calare to call summon, Gr kalei^n to call Cf {Hale}, v. t., {Claim}. {Class}, {Council}, {Ecclesiastic}.] 1. To pull or draw with force; to drag. Some dance, some haul the rope. --Denham. Thither they bent, and hauled their ships to land. --Pope. Romp-loving miss Is hauled about in gallantry robust. --Thomson. 2. To transport by drawing, as with horses or oxen; as to haul logs to a sawmill. When I was seven or eight years of age, I began hauling all the wood used in the house and shops. --U. S. Grant. {To haul over the coals}. See under {Coal}. {To haul the wind} (Naut.), to turn the head of the ship nearer to the point from which the wind blows. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: hauling n : the activity of transporting goods by truck [syn: {trucking}]
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