Meaning

1 senses

  1. To bring (a square-rigged ship) onto a new tack by hauling back the foresails whilst steering hard round.

Forms

boxhauls, boxhauling, boxhauled, boxhauled
Base formboxhaul · to boxhaul
3rd person singularboxhauls
Present participleboxhauling
Past simpleboxhauled
Past participleboxhauled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyboxhaul
he, she, itboxhauls

Past simpleLesson

all personsboxhauled

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave boxhauled
he, she, ithas boxhauled

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill boxhaul

Synonyms

1 synonyms
boxA1

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
bowtieboxA1boxerB2boyA1boycott

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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