CLUBHAUL

Etymology

Verb

clubhaul (third-person singular simple present clubhauls, present participle clubhauling, simple past and past participle clubhauled)

(transitive, nautical) To force (a sailing vessel) to change tack by dropping the lee-anchor and hauling in the anchor cable to swing the stern to windward.

Source: Wiktionary


Club"haul`, v. t. (Naut.)

Definition: To put on the other tack by dropping the lee anchor as soon as the wind is out of the sails (which brings the vessel's head to the wind), and by cutting the cable as soon as she pays off on the other tack. Clubhauling is attempted only in an exigency.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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