boxhaul

boxhaul [boks-hawl] ExamplesWord Origin verb (used with object) Nautical.

1. to put (a square-rigged sailing vessel) on a new tack by bracing the head yards aback and backing onto the new heading.

Origin of boxhaul 1760–70; box1 (v.) + haul Examples from the Web for boxhaul Historical Examples of boxhaul

There are times when you tack and wear, and boxhaul ship every fifteen minutes.

The Flying Bo’sun

Arthur Mason

British Dictionary definitions for boxhaul boxhaul verb

1. nautical to bring (a square-rigger) onto a new tack by backwinding the foresails and steering hard round