What (who) is Haul - definition
Out-haul; Out haul
![The outhaul on a [[US Yachts US 22]] sailboat. This design uses a braided steel cable, with a swaged thimble and clevis to attach to the sail clew grommet.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/US Yachts US 22 sailboat Vesper outhaul 1133.jpg?width=200 "The outhaul on a [[US Yachts US 22]] sailboat. This design uses a braided steel cable, with a swaged thimble and clevis to attach to the sail clew grommet.")
haul
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Hauls; Haul videos; Haul
I
n.
distance
a long; short haul (also fig.)
II
v. (D; tr.) to haul from; to (to haul coal from the mines to the city)
Haul
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·noun A pulling with force; a violent pull.
II. Haul ·vt To pull apart, as oxen sometimes do when yoked.
III. Haul ·noun A bundle of about four hundred threads, to be tarred.
IV. Haul ·vt To pull or draw with force; to Drag.
V. Haul ·noun A single draught of a net; as, to catch a hundred fish at a haul.
VI. Haul ·noun That which is caught, taken, or gained at once, as by hauling a net.
VII. Haul ·vi To change the direction of a ship by hauling the wind. ·see under Haul, ·vt.
VIII. Haul ·vt To transport by drawing, as with horses or oxen; as, to haul logs to a sawmill.
IX. Haul ·noun Transportation by hauling; the distance through which anything is hauled, as freight in a railroad car; as, a long haul or short haul.
haul
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Hauls; Haul videos; Haul
(hauls, hauling, hauled)
1.
If you haul something which is heavy or difficult to move, you move it using a lot of effort.
A crane had to be used to haul the car out of the stream...
She hauled up her bedroom window and leaned out.
VERB: V n prep/adv, V adv n
2.
If someone is hauled before a court or someone in authority, they are made to appear before them because they are accused of having done something wrong.
He was hauled before the managing director and fired.
VERB: usu passive, be V-ed before n
•
He was hauled up before the Board of Trustees...
PHRASAL VERB: usu passive
3.
A haul is a quantity of things that are stolen, or a quantity of stolen or illegal goods found by police or customs.
The size of the drugs haul shows that the international trade in heroin is still flourishing...
N-COUNT: with supp
4.
If you say that a task or a journey is a long haul, you mean that it takes a long time and a lot of effort.
Revitalising the Romanian economy will be a long haul.
PHRASE
see also long-haul
Wikipedia
Outhaul
An outhaul is a control line found on a sailboat. It is an element of the running rigging, used to attach the mainsail clew to the boom and tensions the foot of the sail. It commonly uses a block at the boom end and a cleat on the boom, closer to the mast, to secure the line.
The outhaul is loosened to provide a fuller camber or tightened to give the sail foot a flatter camber. Depending on the wind, this will increase or decrease boat speed.
Sailboat designer and sailing theorist, Frank Bethwaite, recommended that the outhaul, along with the other sail controls on a racing sailboat, should be knotted and the boom marked with the settings for different wind speeds.
Pronunciation examples for Haul
1. long haul.
This is NPR - The First Forty Years _ Renee Montagne _ Talks at Google
2. the long haul.
Raised in Captivity _ Chuck Klosterman _ Talks at Google
3. but not long-haul.
Love, Marriage & Monogamy _ Dan Savage & Esther Perel _ Talks at Google
4. for the long haul.
Silicon Valleyâs Coming of Age _ Leslie Berlin _ Talks at Google
5. 40 haul bags.
Yosemiteâs Most Iconic Climb _ Hans Florine _ Talks at Google
Examples of use of Haul
1. It‘s not confined to pilots on long–haul or short haul.
2. This included 3' of 202 short–haul flights and five of 76 long–haul flights.
3. That represents a saving of 30 per person on short haul and 65 on long haul.
4. Business and first class passengers will face bills of 40 for short–haul flights and 80 for long–haul.
5. Only 16 short–haul flights, eight outbound and eight inbound, were cancelled yesterday and most long–haul services were operated.