Boxhaul

Definition of Boxhaul

Box´haul`
v. t.1.(Naut.) 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).
[imp. & p. p. Boxhauled ( ).]
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