box·haul (bŏks′hôl′) tr.v. box·hauled ,
box·haul·ing ,
box·hauls Nautical To turn (a square-rigged ship) about by bracing the sails aback and putting the helm to leeward until the vessel swings her stern into the wind, then setting the sails again and rounding up onto the opposite tack.
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boxhaul (ˈbɒksˌhɔːl ) vb (Nautical Terms) nautical to bring (a square-rigger) onto a new tack by backwinding the foresails and steering hard round
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boxhaul Past participle: boxhauledGerund: boxhaulingImperative Present Preterite Present Continuous Present Perfect Past Continuous Past Perfect Future Future Perfect Future Continuous Present Perfect Continuous Future Perfect Continuous Past Perfect Continuous Conditional Past Conditional Present I boxhaul you boxhaul he/she/it boxhauls we boxhaul you boxhaul they boxhaul
Preterite I boxhauled you boxhauled he/she/it boxhauled we boxhauled you boxhauled they boxhauled
Present Continuous I am boxhauling you are boxhauling he/she/it is boxhauling we are boxhauling you are boxhauling they are boxhauling
Present Perfect I have boxhauled you have boxhauled he/she/it has boxhauled we have boxhauled you have boxhauled they have boxhauled
Past Continuous I was boxhauling you were boxhauling he/she/it was boxhauling we were boxhauling you were boxhauling they were boxhauling
Past Perfect I had boxhauled you had boxhauled he/she/it had boxhauled we had boxhauled you had boxhauled they had boxhauled
Future I will boxhaul you will boxhaul he/she/it will boxhaul we will boxhaul you will boxhaul they will boxhaul
Future Perfect I will have boxhauled you will have boxhauled he/she/it will have boxhauled we will have boxhauled you will have boxhauled they will have boxhauled
Future Continuous I will be boxhauling you will be boxhauling he/she/it will be boxhauling we will be boxhauling you will be boxhauling they will be boxhauling
Present Perfect Continuous I have been boxhauling you have been boxhauling he/she/it has been boxhauling we have been boxhauling you have been boxhauling they have been boxhauling
Future Perfect Continuous I will have been boxhauling you will have been boxhauling he/she/it will have been boxhauling we will have been boxhauling you will have been boxhauling they will have been boxhauling
Past Perfect Continuous I had been boxhauling you had been boxhauling he/she/it had been boxhauling we had been boxhauling you had been boxhauling they had been boxhauling
Conditional I would boxhaul you would boxhaul he/she/it would boxhaul we would boxhaul you would boxhaul they would boxhaul
Past Conditional I would have boxhauled you would have boxhauled he/she/it would have boxhauled we would have boxhauled you would have boxhauled they would have boxhauled
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