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yawl

1

[ yawl ]

noun

  1. a ship's small boat, rowed by a crew of four or six.
  2. a two-masted, fore-and-aft-rigged sailing vessel having a large mainmast and a smaller jiggermast or mizzenmast stepped abaft the sternpost. Compare ketch.schooner ( def 1 ), topsail schooner.


yawl

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[ yawl ]

noun

British Dialect.
  1. yowl; howl.

yawl

1

/ 箩蓴藧濒 /

noun

  1. a two-masted sailing vessel, rigged fore-and-aft, with a large mainmast and a small mizzenmast stepped aft of the rudderpost Compare ketch sloop
  2. a ship's small boat, usually rowed by four or six oars
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

yawl

2

/ 箩蓴藧濒 /

verb

  1. dialect.
    intr to howl, weep, or scream harshly; yowl
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of yawl1

First recorded in 1660鈥70, yawl is from the Dutch word jol kind of boat < ?

Origin of yawl2

1300鈥50; Middle English; yowl
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of yawl1

C17: from Dutch jol or Middle Low German jolle, of unknown origin

Origin of yawl2

C14: from Low German jaulen; see yowl
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The sailors took their 40-foot yawl J. Henry through the Panama Canal, turned south and prepared for a long Pacific crossing to the Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia.

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In response to another negative comment, she wrote: 鈥淚t鈥檚 tight on these kids right now. Let鈥檚 have a laugh and some compassion yawl !鈥

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鈥淲here yawl been? Around the world and back?鈥

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鈥淔ree college? Free medical care? How yawl going to pay for that? He鈥檚 a pie in the sky guy,鈥 he said.

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Not only is Cheerio II, an 88-year-old wooden yawl, the oldest boat in the race, its skipper has been around the water even longer than it has.

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