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yawl

1  [yawl] ,
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–noun
1. a ship's small boat, rowed by a crew of four or six.
2. a two-masted, fore-and-aft-rigged sailing vessel having a large mainmast and a smaller jiggermast or mizzenmast stepped abaft the sternpost.
Compare ketch.

Origin:
1660–70; < D jol kind of boat < ?
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yawl

2  [yawl] ,
–noun, verb (used without object), verb (used with object) British Dialect.
yowl; howl.
Origin:
1300–50; ME; cf. yowl
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yawl   (yôl)   
n.  

  1. A two-masted fore-and-aft-rigged sailing vessel similar to the ketch but having a smaller jigger- or mizzenmast stepped abaft the rudder. Also called dandy.

  2. A ship's small boat, crewed by rowers.


[Dutch jol, possibly from Low German jolle.]
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yawl

two-masted sailboat, usually rigged with one or more jibsails, a mainsail, and a mizzen. In common with the ketch, the forward (main) mast is higher than the mizzenmast, but the mizzenmast of a yawl is placed astern of the rudder post, while that of the ketch is closer amidships. Like most modern pleasure boats, yawls are rigged with fore-and-aft sails (in line with the keel), the most effective rigging in utilizing manpower. The word yawl is sometimes applied to a dinghy and to a light fishing vessel rigged with lugsails.

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