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box⋅haul

  [boks-hawl]
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–verb (used with object) Nautical.
to put (a square-rigged sailing vessel) on a new tack by bracing the head yards aback and backing onto the new heading.
Origin:
1760–70; box 1 (v.) + haul
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box·haul   (bŏks'hôl')   
tr.v.   box·hauled, box·haul·ing, box·hauls Nautical
To turn (a square-rigged ship) about on the heel by bracing the sails aback.

[box1, to confine, reverse + haul.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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