Yaul

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Yaul \Yaul\, n. (Naut.)
     See {Yawl}.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  yawl \yawl\ (y[add]l), n. [D. jol; akin to LG. & Dan. jolle, Sw.
     julle. Cf. {Jolly-boat}.]
     1. (Naut.) A small ship's boat, usually rowed by four or six
        oars. [Written also {yaul}.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. 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}.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl. +RDH]