Usually means: Turning ship sharply using wind.
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  1. boxhaul: Merriam-Webster
  2. boxhaul: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. boxhaul: Collins English Dictionary
  4. boxhaul: Wordnik
  5. boxhaul: Wiktionary
  6. boxhaul: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. boxhaul: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. Boxhaul, boxhaul: Dictionary.com
  9. Boxhaul: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. boxhaul: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  11. Boxhaul: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. boxhaul: FreeDictionary.org
  13. boxhaul: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (boxhaul)

▸ verb:  (nautical, ambitransitive) To bring (a square-rigged ship) onto a new tack by hauling back the foresails whilst steering hard round.

Similar:
haul, uphaul, round in, bouse, bowse, rouse, heave-ho, haul in, manhaul, hand, more...

Opposite:
unboxhaul, gybe, jibe, tack

Types:
truck, van, SUV, crossover, minivan, pickup truck, more...

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Similar:
haul, uphaul, round in, bouse, bowse, rouse, heave-ho, haul in, manhaul, hand, more...

Opposite:
unboxhaul, gybe, jibe, tack

Types:
truck, van, SUV, crossover, minivan, pickup truck, more...



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