v. i. 1. (Naut.) To change the direction of a ship by hauling the wind. See under Haul, v. t. [ 1913 Webster ]

I . . . hauled up for it, and found it to be an island. Cook. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To pull apart, as oxen sometimes do when yoked. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A pulling with force; a violent pull. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A single draught of a net; as, to catch a hundred fish at a haul. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which is caught, taken, or gained at once, as by hauling a net. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Transportation by hauling; the distance through which anything is hauled, as freight in a railroad car; as, a long haul or short haul. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Rope Making) A bundle of about four hundred threads, to be tarred. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Hauled 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. holōn, halōn, 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Some dance, some haul the rope. Denham. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thither they bent, and hauled their ships to land. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

Romp-loving miss
Is hauled about in gallantry robust. Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To transport by drawing, as with horses or oxen; as, to haul logs to a sawmill. [ 1913 Webster ]

When I was seven or eight years of age, I began hauling all the wood used in the house and shops. U. S. Grant. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A bargelike vessel with steel hull, large hatchways, and coal transporters, for coaling war vessels from its own hold or from other colliers. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. Act of hauling; as, the haulage of cars by an engine; charge for hauling. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who hauls. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A trucking company; a freight transporter using trucks. [ PJC ]

n. a haulage contractor.
Syn. -- hauler. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ OE. halm, AS. healm; akin to D., G., Dan., & Sw. halm, Icel. hālmr, L. calamus reed, cane, stalk, Gr. kalamo`s. Cf. Excel, Culminate, Culm, Shawm, Calamus. ] The denuded stems or stalks of such crops as buckwheat and the cereal grains, beans, etc.; straw. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A part of a harness; a hame. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Obs. ] See Hals. [ 1913 Webster ]