BOXHAUL

Verb

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.

Synonyms

• box

Source: Wiktionary

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