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boxhaul definition

box·haul (bäks′hôl′)

transitive verb

to change (the course of a sailing ship) by veering around sharply instead of tacking normally

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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