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 Definitions of close-hauled  [ʊs]  

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Definition of 'close-hauled' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adv.) close-hauled
as close to the wind as a vessel will sail, with sails as flat as possible.

Etymology:  (1760–70)

Definition of 'close-hauled' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) close-hauled
having the sails trimmed for sailing as close to the wind as possible

'close-hauled' - Nearby Entries  

close  close in  close-fitting  close-grained  close-hauled  close-knit  closefisted  



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