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yɔlyawl
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Princeton's WordNet
yawlnoun
a ship's small boat (usually rowed by 4 or 6 oars)
yawl, dandyverb
a sailing vessel with two masts; a small mizzen is aft of the rudderpost
howl, ululate, wail, roar, yawl, yaupverb
emit long loud cries
"wail in self-pity"; "howl with sorrow"
Wiktionary
yawlnoun
A small ship's boat, usually rowed by four or six oars.
yawlnoun
A fore and aft rigged sailing vessel with two masts, main and mizzen, the mizzen stepped abaft the rudder post.
yawlverb
To cry out; to howl;
Etymology: Apparently from jolle or Dutch jol.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Yawlnoun
A little vessel belonging to a ship, for convenience of passing to and from it.
Wikipedia
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yawl
A yawl is a type of sailboat characterized by a specific rigging arrangement. Typically, this involves two masts, with the smaller, mizzen mast located behind the steering post (or rudder post), distinct from a similar type of boat called a ketch, where the mizzen mast is ahead of the steering post. This second mast is used primarily for the purpose of smooth sailing and is not a primary source of propulsion. The term is also used in rowing craft, referring to a boat rowed by more than three oarsmen.
Webster Dictionary
Yawlnoun
a small ship's boat, usually rowed by four or six oars
Yawlverb
to cry out like a dog or cat; to howl; to yell
Etymology: [OE. aulen, oulen, gaulen, goulen, Icel. gaula to low, bellow. Cf. Gowl.]
Wikidata
Yawl
A yawl is a two-masted sailing craft similar to a sloop or cutter but with an additional mast located well aft of the main mast, often right on the transom, specifically aft of the rudder post. The mizzen sail is hoisted on the mizzen mast. The yawl was originally developed as a rig for commercial fishing boats, one good example of this being the Salcombe Yawl. In its heyday, the rig was particularly popular with single-handed sailors, such as circumnavigators Harry Pidgeon and Francis Chichester. This was due to the ability of a yawl to be trimmed to sail without rudder input. Modern self-steering and navigation aids have made this less important, and the yawl has generally fallen out of favor. In the 1950s and 60s, yawls were developed for ocean racing, to take advantage of the handicapping rule that did not penalize them for flying a mizzen staysail, which on long ocean races, often downwind, were a great advantage. A good example of this was Olin Stephens' Finisterre.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Yawl
yawl, v.i. to howl. [Cf. Gowl.]
Yawl
yawl, n. a ship's small boat, generally with four or six oars: a small fishing-boat: a small sailing-boat with jigger and curtailed mainboom. [Dut. jol. Cf. Jollyboat.]
The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz
YAWL
Either the shape of a boat or the sound of a cat, but never a cat-boat.
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
yawl
A man-of-war's boat, resembling the pinnace, but rather smaller; it is carvel-built, and generally rowed with twelve oars. The yawl in the Customs Act is a carvel-built vessel of the cutter class, but having a jigger or mizen lug, the boom-mainsail being curtailed, so that its boom traverses clear of the mizen-mast: used also by yachts. Also, a small fishing-vessel.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of yawl in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of yawl in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
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