Haul — Defs

01 v. t. To pull or draw with force; to drag.

imp. & p. p. Hauled; p. pr. & vb. n. Hauling

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.

Phrases & compounds

To haul over the coals — See under Coal.

To haul the wind — to turn the head of the ship nearer to the point from which the wind blows.

02 v. i. To change the direction of a ship by hauling the wind. See under Haul, v. t.

1.
To change the direction of a ship by hauling the wind. See under Haul, v. t.(Naut.) See: Haul
“I . . . hauled up for it, and found it to be an island.” — Cook.
2.
To pull apart, as oxen sometimes do when yoked.

Phrases & compounds

To haul around — to shift to any point of the compass; -- said of the wind.

To haul off — to sail closer to the wind, in order to get farther away from anything; hence, to withdraw; to draw back.

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

1.
A pulling with force; a violent pull.
2.
A single draught of a net; as, to catch a hundred fish at a haul.
3.
That which is caught, taken, or gained at once, as by hauling a net.
4.
Transportation by hauling; the distance through which anything is hauled, as freight in a railroad car; as, a long haul or short haul.
5.
A bundle of about four hundred threads, to be tarred.(Rope Making)