Box″haul′ (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Boxhauled (�).] (Naut.) To put (a vessel) on the other tack by veering her short round on her heel; — so called from the circumstance of bracing the head yards abox (i.e., sharp aback, on the wind). Totten.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.