boxhaul (third-person singular simple present boxhauls, present participle boxhauling, simple past and past participle boxhauled)
(nautical) To bring (a square-rigged ship) onto a new tack by hauling back the foresails whilst steering hard round.
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Box"haul`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Boxhauled.] (Naut.)
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
29 March 2025
(adjective) without care or thought for others; “the thoughtless saying of a great princess on being informed that the people had no bread; ‘Let them eat cake’”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
