haul

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English hālen, hailen, haulen, halien (“to drag, pull; to draw up”), from Old French haler (“to haul, pull”), from Frankish *halōn (“to drag, fetch, haul”) or Middle Dutch halen (“to drag, fetch, haul”), possibly merging with Old English *halian (“to haul, drag”); all from Proto-Germanic *halōną, *halēną, *hulōną (“to call, fetch, summon”), from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (“to call, cry, summon”). The noun is derived from the verb. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /hɔːl/ (General American, without the cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /hɔl/ (General American, cot–caught merger, dialects of Canada) IPA(key): /hɑl/ (Canada, dialects of the US) IPA(key): /hɒl/ (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /hoːl/ Rhymes: -ɔːl Homophone: hall === Verb === haul (third-person singular simple present hauls, present participle hauling, simple past and past participle hauled) (transitive) To transport by drawing or pulling, as with horses or oxen, or a motor vehicle. (transitive) To draw or pull something heavy. (transitive) To carry or transport something, with a connotation that the item is heavy or otherwise difficult to move. (transitive, figuratively) To drag, to pull, to tug. (transitive, figuratively) Followed by up: to summon to be disciplined or held answerable for something. (intransitive) To pull apart, as oxen sometimes do when yoked. (ambitransitive, nautical) To steer (a vessel) closer to the wind. Antonym: veer (intransitive, nautical) Of the wind: to shift fore (more towards the bow). Antonym: veer (intransitive, US, colloquial) To haul ass (“go fast”). ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== hale (verb) ==== Descendants ==== → Welsh: halio ==== Translations ==== === Noun === haul (plural hauls) An act of hauling or pulling, particularly with force; a (violent) pull or tug. The distance over which something is hauled or transported, especially if long. An amount of something that has been taken, especially of fish, illegal loot, or items purchased on a shopping trip. (Internet) Ellipsis of haul video (“video posted on the Internet consisting of someone showing and talking about recently purchased items”). (ropemaking) A bundle of many threads to be tarred. (British, soccer) Four goals scored by one player in a game. Synonym: poker ==== Synonyms ==== (amount of illegal loot taken): see Thesaurus:booty ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === === Anagrams === hula == Luxembourgish == === Verb === haul second-person singular imperative of haulen == Middle English == === Noun === haul alternative form of hayle (“hail”) == Welsh == === Etymology === From Middle Welsh heul, from Proto-Brythonic *họwl, from Proto-Celtic *sāwol, from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥. Compare Cornish howl, Breton heol; compare also Old Irish súil (“eye”). === Pronunciation === (North Wales) IPA(key): /haɨ̯l/ (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /hai̯l/ (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /hɔi̯l/ Rhymes: -aɨ̯l === Noun === haul m (plural heuliau, not mutable) sun ==== Derived terms ==== === See also === === Further reading === D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “haul”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “haul”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies == Yola == === Etymology === From Middle English halle, from Old English heall, from Proto-West Germanic *hallu. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hɑːl/ === Noun === haul hall ==== Derived terms ==== Yola Haul === References === Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 45