yawl

3 definitions found

yawl - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

  Yawl \Yawl\, v. i. [OE. [yogh]aulen, [yogh]oulen, gaulen,
     goulen, Icel. gaula to low, bellow. Cf. Gowl.]
     To cry out like a dog or cat; to howl; to yell. --Tennyson.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           There howling Scyllas yawling round about. --Fairfax.
     [1913 Webster]

yawl - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  yawl
      n 1: a ship's small boat (usually rowed by 4 or 6 oars)
      2: a sailing vessel with two masts; a small mizzen is aft of the
         rudderpost [syn: yawl, dandy]
      v 1: emit long loud cries; "wail in self-pity"; "howl with
           sorrow" [syn: howl, ululate, wail, roar, yawl,
           yaup]