Where does uphaul come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

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uphaul

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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From Middle English uphalen, equivalent to up- + haul.

uphauls (present, singular) uphauling (participle, present) uphauled (participle, past) uphauled (past)

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