Yawl
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /jɔːl/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Yawl is a noun meaning A small ship's boat, usually rowed by four or six oars.
Meaning
A small ship's boat, usually rowed by four or six oars.
More Meanings
- A fore-and-aft rigged sailing vessel with two masts, main and mizzen, the mizzen stepped abaft the rudder post.
- To cry out; to howl.
Example Sentences
The “Nellie,” a cruising yawl, swung to her anchor without a flutter of the sails, and was at rest.
Something scraped slightly against the outer wall. But the night was full of wilder sounds, and in the house the furniture and the boards creaked and sprung between the yawling of the wind among the chimneys, the rattle of the thunder and the pelting of the rain.
Word Forms
- yawls
- yawling
- yawled
Synonyms for yawl
Depending on context, synonyms include wail, howl, ululate, roar.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include roar, ululate, howl, wail, yawler, whiff.
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