The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
clubhaul — [klub′hôl΄] vt. 〚< naut. club (to drift with anchor dragging) + HAUL〛 to tack (a vessel in a precarious situation) by dropping the lee anchor as soon as the wind is out of the sails, then cutting the cable when the ship swings off onto the new… … Universalium
clubhaul — [klub′hôl΄] vt. [< naut. club (to drift with anchor dragging) + HAUL] to tack (a vessel in a precarious situation) by dropping the lee anchor as soon as the wind is out of the sails, then cutting the cable when the ship swings off onto the new … English World dictionary
clubhaul — verb To force a sailing vessel to change tack by dropping the lee anchor and hauling in the anchor cable to swing the stern to windward … Wiktionary
clubhaul — /ˈklʌbhɔl/ (say klubhawl) verb (t) to cause (a ship), in an emergency, to go on the other tack by letting go the lee anchor, and pulling on a hawser leading from the anchor to the lee quarter, the hawser being cut when the ship gathers way on the …
clubhaul — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ transitive verb Etymology: club (I) (spar) + haul : to put (a ship) on the other tack when in danger of going into irons by dropping the lee anchor as the vessel s head comes to the wind and hauling on a hawser from the lee quarter to… … Useful english dictionary
