yawl
1
9.9
- noun
- /jɔl/
- Specialized
:
bote
- The red-haired sailor paddled the yawl along steadily, almost mechanically.
Examples
-
Hurry, hurry, the dancer told herself as she lowered the sack onto the yawl.
Fiction book (1992) -
They rowed the yawl with great effort through the choppy waters.
-
Carefully, he stepped onto the yawl.
Fiction book (1992) -
The yawl he had sent into the swamp was overdue.
Fiction book (1992) -
She reached up and began to untie the rope that bound the yawl to the boat.
Fiction book (1992) -
Between his powerful swimming and Larissa's determined efforts, they managed to bring the yawl safely ashore.
Fiction book (1992) -
Larissa was kept busy with paddling and keeping low on the yawl so as not to overturn it.
Fiction book (1992) -
Larissa dutifully freed the yawl from its entanglement and pushed off into the water.
Fiction book (1992) -
Dumont shook his head, then extended a hand and helped Brynn clamber out of the yawl.
Fiction book (1992) -
"Astyn, Philippe, Brynn, and Kandrix, you take the yawl and scout out the swamp," Dumont continued, reaching for his pipe and beginning to pack it with a fruity-smelling tobacco.
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
13
1.0
A boat that is small and used for short trips on lakes or rivers
2
7.9
A small flat-bottomed boat with high sides you row
2
9.9
A small boat kept on a ship to carry people or goods
1
9.1
A long narrow rowing boat used for racing or short trips
A small boat that a sailing ship keeps for the crew to move people or supplies
A small boat that a ship carries to move people between ship and shore
Surface Forms
Etymology
Yawl also comes from the same old words jol and yole, meaning a 'small light boat' you can row. Because ships often used these small boats to carry people and supplies, a yawl can mean a ship's small, rowed boat.