yaul

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yaul - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Yaul \Yaul\, n. (Naut.)
     See Yawl.
     [1913 Webster]

  yawl \yawl\ (y[add]l), n. [D. jol; akin to LG. & Dan. jolle, Sw.
     julle. Cf. Jolly-boat.]
     1. (Naut.) A small ship's boat, usually rowed by four or six
        oars. [Written also yaul.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A fore-and-aft-rigged vessel with two masts, a mainmast
        carrying a mainsail and jibs, taller than the mizzenmast
        and stepped a little farther forward than in a sloop,
        and with the mizzenmast, or jiggermast far aft, usually
        placed aft of the water line or aft the rudder post. The
        mizzenmast of a yawl is smaller, and set further aft, than
        that of a sloop.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl. +RDH]