boxhaul

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boxhaul (third-person singular simple present boxhauls, present participle boxhauling, simple past and past participle boxhauled)

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

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