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yawl
yawl
1
(
jɔːl
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noun
1
a two-masted sailing vessel, rigged fore-and-aft, with a large mainmast and a small mizzenmast stepped aft of the rudderpost
.
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ketch
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sloop
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
]
Words:
yawing
yawl-rigged
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