yawl

noun

A two-masted fore-and-aft-rigged sailing vessel similar to the ketch but having a smaller jigger- or mizzenmast stepped abaft the rudder.

noun

A ship’s small boat, crewed by rowers.

To cry out; howl; yell.

noun

A ship’s small boat, usually rowed by four or six oars; a jolly-boat.

noun

The smallest boat used by fishermen. See cut under rowlock.

noun

A sail-boat or small yacht of the cutter class, with a jigger and short mainboom.

intransitive verb

To cry out like a dog or cat; to howl; to yell.

noun

A small ship’s boat, usually rowed by four or six oars.

noun

A fore-and-aft-rigged vessel with two masts, a mainmast carrying a mainsail and jibs, taller than the mizzenmast and stepped a little farther forward than in a sloop, and with the mizzenmast, or jiggermast far aft, usually placed aft of the water line or aft the rudder post. The mizzenmast of a yawl is smaller, and set further aft, than that of a sloop.

noun

A small ship’s boat, usually rowed by four or six oars.