Definitions for yawlyɔl
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
yawlyɔl(n.)
a ship's small boat, rowed by a crew of four or six.
Category: Nautical, Navy
a two-masted, fore-and-aft-rigged sailing vessel having a large mainmast and a smaller jiggermast or mizzenmast stepped abaft the sternpost.
Category: Nautical, Navy
Ref: Compare ketch.
Origin of yawl:
1660–70; < D jol
Princeton's WordNet
yawl(noun)
a ship's small boat (usually rowed by 4 or 6 oars)
yawl, dandy(verb)
a sailing vessel with two masts; a small mizzen is aft of the rudderpost
howl, ululate, wail, roar, yawl, yaup(verb)
emit long loud cries
"wail in self-pity"; "howl with sorrow"
Wiktionary
yawl(Noun)
A small ship's boat, usually rowed by four or six oars.
yawl(Noun)
A fore and aft rigged sailing vessel with two masts, main and mizzen, the mizzen stepped abaft the rudder post.
yawl(Verb)
To cry out; to howl;
Origin: Apparently from jolle or Dutch jol.
Webster Dictionary
Yawl(noun)
a small ship's boat, usually rowed by four or six oars
Yawl(verb)
to cry out like a dog or cat; to howl; to yell
The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz
YAWL
Either the shape of a boat or the sound of a cat, but never a cat-boat.
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