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Webster Dictionary
Boxhaulverb
to put (a vessel) on the other tack by veering her short round on her heel; -- so called from the circumstance of bracing the head yards abox (i. e., sharp aback, on the wind)
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Boxhaul
boks′hawl, v.t. to veer a ship sharp round on her heel, by putting the helm a-lee, bracing the head-yards flat aback, and hauling to windward the head-sheets.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of boxhaul in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of boxhaul in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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