Haul | Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Haul, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. HAULED; p. pr. & vb. n. HAULING.] [D. halen, Dan. hale, Sw. & Icel. hala, O. H. Ger. halōn, holōn, N. H. Ger. holen, Fr. haler, Sp. halar, Pg. alar.] To pull or draw with force or violence; to transport by drawing; to drag; to compel to move or go.

Galling his kingly hands Hauling ropes. Shak.

To haul the wind (Naut.), to turn the head of the ship nearer to the point from which the wind blows, by arranging the sails more obliquely, hauling the sheets more aft, &c.

Haul, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. (Naut.) To change the direction of a ship; to sail with changed course. I immediately hauled up for it, and found it to be an island. Cook.

Haul, n.

noun

n. 1. A pulling with force; a violent pull.

A draught of a net; as, to catch a hundred fish at a haul.
That which is taken at once, as by hauling a net, and the like.
A quantity of yarn, about four hundred threads, warped off the winches with a slight turn in it, to be tarred for making a rope. Simmonds.