haul out
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.88 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To come out of the water, in order to rest
verb
To pull on an outhaul in order to extend (a sail) along a spar, or to pull on a reef-tackle to reef (a sail).
verb
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see haul, out.
Example Sentences
- "The general impression, as derived both from the printed reports and oral communications, seems to be that the vast majority, if not all, of the bachelors haul out on the beaches during the season."
- ""But there are the holluschickie," she said. "The holluschickie haul out by themselves, and Dr. Jordan says that paths are left between the harems, and that as long as the holluschickie keep strictly to the path they are unmolested by the masters of the harem.""
- "Seals haul out on the rocks near Chamisso Island in late summer and autumn."
- "This is because animals from southern California rookeries may haul out to molt in a different place from where they breed, showing up to be counted on northern California rookeries like Año Nuevo."
- "It is mostly the way to man the clue-lines and the bunt-lines, to ease off the lee-sheet and clue it up; then man the weather-brace, let go the lee-brace and bunt-lines at the same time; when the sail is spilled, haul out the reef-tackles, and reef as before."
- "Haul up and spill the sail, as if you were going to furl it, then haul out the reef-tackles and reef it."