BOXHAULS

Verb

boxhauls

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of boxhaul

Source: Wiktionary


BOXHAUL

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



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(noun) (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; “thematic vowels are part of the stem”


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