Definitions
the act of drawing or hauling something
Word origin
From Middle English hālen, hailen, haulen, halien (“to drag, pull; to draw up”), from Old French haler (“to haul, pull”), from Frankish *halōn (“to drag, fetch, haul”) or Middle Dutch halen (“to drag, fetch, haul”), possibly merging with Old English *halian (“to haul, drag”); all from Proto-Germanic *halōną, *halēną, *hulōną (“to call, fetch, summon”), from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (“to call, cry, summon”). The noun is derived from the verb.
Used in a sentence
“to haul logs to a sawmill”
“Thither they bent, and haul'd their ſhip to land, / (The crooked keel divides the yellow ſand) / Ulyſſes ſleeping on his couch they bore, / And gently plac'd him on the rocky ſhore.”
“The cable used for hauling the wagons on the incline may still be seen, but several of the guiding rollers have disappeared.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Drag along”4 letters
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