Yawl
[jɔːl]
Definition
(noun.) a sailing vessel with two masts; a small mizzen is aft of the rudderpost.
(noun.) a ship's small boat (usually rowed by 4 or 6 oars).
Checked by Lilith--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A small ship's boat, usually rowed by four or six oars.
(v. i.) To cry out like a dog or cat; to howl; to yell.
Checked by Archie
Definition
n. a ship's small boat generally with four or six oars: a small fishing-boat: a small sailing-boat with jigger and curtailed mainboom.
v.i. to howl.
Editor: Louise
Unserious Contents or Definition
Either the shape of a boat or the sound of a cat, but never a cat-boat.
Inputed by Dan
Examples
- He steered his geese with that stick as easily as another man would steer a yawl. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Before this I had been collecting, from St. Louis and Chicago, yawls and barges to be used as ferries when we got below. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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