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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HAUL, v.t.
1. To pull or draw with force; to drag; as, to haul a heavy body along on the ground; to haul a boat on shore. Haul is equivalent to drag, and differs sometimes from pull and draw, in expressing more force and labor. It is much used by seamen; as, to haul down the sails; haul in the boom; haul aft, etc.
2. To drag; to compel to go.
Lest he haul thee to the judge. Luke 12.
When applied to persons, haul implies compulsion or rudeness, or both.
To haul the wind, in seamanship, is to turn the head of the ship nearer to the point from which the wind blows, by arranging the sails more obliquely, bracing the yards more forward, hauling the sheets more aft, etc.
HAUL, n. A pulling with force; a violent pull.
1. A draft of a net; as, to catch a hundred fish at a haul.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the act of drawing or hauling something; "the haul up the hill went very slowly" [syn: draw, haul, haulage]
2: the quantity that was caught; "the catch was only 10 fish" [syn: catch, haul] v
1: draw slowly or heavily; "haul stones"; "haul nets" [syn: haul, hale, cart, drag]
2: transport in a vehicle; "haul stones from the quarry in a truck"; "haul vegetables to the market"

Merriam Webster's

I. verb Etymology: Middle English halen to pull, from Anglo-French haler, of Germanic origin; akin to Middle Dutch halen to pull; akin to Old English geholian to obtain Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. a. to exert traction on ; draw <haul a wagon> b. to obtain or move by or as if by hauling <was hauled to parties night after night by his wife> c. to transport in a vehicle ; cart 2. to change the course of (a ship) especially so as to sail closer to the wind 3. to bring before an authority for interrogation or judgment ; hale <haul traffic violators into court> intransitive verb 1. to exert traction ; pull 2. to move along ; proceed 3. to furnish transportation 4. of the wind shift II. noun Date: 1670 1. a. the act or process of hauling ; pull b. a device for hauling 2. a. the result of an effort to obtain, collect, or win <the burglar's haul> b. the quantity of fish taken in a single draft of a net 3. a. transportation by hauling b. the length or course of a transportation route <a long haul> c. a quantity transported ; load

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. & n. --v. 1 tr. pull or drag forcibly. 2 tr. transport by lorry, cart, etc. 3 intr. turn a ship's course. 4 tr. colloq. (usu. foll. by up) bring for reprimand or trial. --n. 1 the act or an instance of hauling. 2 an amount gained or acquired. 3 a distance to be traversed (a short haul). Phrases and idioms: haul over the coals see COAL. Etymology: var. of HALE(2)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Haul Haul (h[add]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hauled (h[add]ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Hauling.] [OE. halen, halien, F. haler, of German or Scand. origin; akin to AS. geholian to acquire, get, D. halen to fetch, pull, draw, OHG. hol[=o]n, hal[=o]n, G. holen, Dan. hale to haul, Sw. hala, and to L. calare to call, summon, Gr. kalei^n to call. Cf. Hale, v. t., Claim. Class, Council, Ecclesiastic.] 1. To pull or draw with force; to drag. Some dance, some haul the rope. --Denham. Thither they bent, and hauled their ships to land. --Pope. Romp-loving miss Is hauled about in gallantry robust. --Thomson. 2. To transport by drawing, as with horses or oxen; as, to haul logs to a sawmill. When I was seven or eight years of age, I began hauling all the wood used in the house and shops. --U. S. Grant. To haul over the coals. See under Coal. To haul the wind (Naut.), to turn the head of the ship nearer to the point from which the wind blows.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Haul Haul, n. 1. A pulling with force; a violent pull. 2. A single draught of a net; as, to catch a hundred fish at a haul. 3. That which is caught, taken, or gained at once, as by hauling a net. 4. Transportation by hauling; the distance through which anything is hauled, as freight in a railroad car; as, a long haul or short haul. 5. (Rope Making) A bundle of about four hundred threads, to be tarred.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Haul Haul, v. i. 1. (Naut.) To change the direction of a ship by hauling the wind. See under Haul, v. t. I . . . hauled up for it, and found it to be an island. --Cook. 2. To pull apart, as oxen sometimes do when yoked. To haul around (Naut.), to shift to any point of the compass; -- said of the wind. To haul off (Naut.), to sail closer to the wind, in order to get farther away from anything; hence, to withdraw; to draw back.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(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 • Haul up means the same as haul. 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

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. a. Drag, draw, pull, tug, tow, lug, trail, take in tow. II. n. 1. Pull, tug. 2. Draught.

Moby Thesaurus

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