Yawl

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A two-masted fore-and-aft-rigged sailing vessel similar to the ketch but having a smaller jigger- or mizzenmast stepped abaft the rudder. Also called dandy.
  • n. A ship's small boat, crewed by rowers.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A small ship's boat, usually rowed by four or six oars.
  • n. A fore and aft rigged sailing vessel with two masts, main and mizzen, the mizzen stepped abaft the rudder post.
  • v. To cry out; to howl;
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A small ship's boat, usually rowed by four or six oars.
  • n. 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.
  • verb-intransitive. To cry out like a dog or cat; to howl; to yell.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To cry out; howl; yell.
  • n. A ship's small boat, usually rowed by four or six oars; a jolly-boat.
  • n. The smallest boat used by fishermen. See cut under rowlock.
  • n. A sail-boat or small yacht of the cutter class, with a jigger and short mainboom.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. emit long loud cries
  • n. a sailing vessel with two masts; a small mizzen is aft of the rudderpost
  • n. a ship's small boat (usually rowed by 4 or 6 oars)
  • Antonym
    sloop   
    Verb Form
    yawled    yawling    yawls   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Cross Reference
    Variant
    yaul   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    howl    yell   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    pinnace    longboat    felucca    houseboat    cutter    bowsprit    cockleshell    gig    sailboats    Bari