bouse

Bouse is defined as hoisting something up with a tackle.

(verb)

An example of bouse is to pull up a crab trap from the ocean.

See bouse in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb, intransitive verb boused, bousing

Naut. to pull up by means of a tackle; hoist

Origin: < ?

See bouse in American Heritage Dictionary 4

also bowse

verb boused boused also bowsed, bous·ing also bows·ing, bous·es also bows·es
Nautical

verb, transitive

To pull or hoist with a tackle.

verb, intransitive

To hoist.

Origin:

Origin: Origin unknown

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