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a ship's small boat, rowed by a crew of four or six.
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a two-masted, fore-and-aft-rigged sailing vessel having a large mainmast and a smaller jiggermast or mizzenmast stepped abaft the sternpost.
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Yawl
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| yawl1 (jɔːl) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | ketch Compare sloop a two-masted sailing vessel, rigged fore-and-aft, with a large mainmast and a small mizzenmast stepped aft of the rudderpost |
| 2. | a ship's small boat, usually rowed by four or six oars |
| [C17: from Dutch jol or Middle Low German jolle, of unknown origin] | |
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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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