boxhaul - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'boxhaul' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Boxhaul

[ v. t.]

- 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).

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