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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.

[box, to confine, reverse + haul.]
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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: boxhauled
Gerund: boxhauling

Imperative
boxhaul
boxhaul
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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