Category:Yawl

Yawl, n. Etym: [d. jol; akin to lg. & dan. jolle, sw. julle. Cf. Jolly-boat.] (naut.)

Defn: a small ship's boat, usually rowed by four or six oars. [written also yaul.]

Yawl Yawl, v. i. Etym: [oe. ýaulen, ýoulen, gaulen, goulen, icel. gaula to Low, bellow. Cf. Gowl.]

Defn: to cry out like a dog or cat; to howl; to yell. Tennyson. There howling scyllas yawling round about. Fairfax.