haul
pronunciation
How to pronounce haul in British English:
UK [hɔːl]
How to pronounce haul in American English:
US [hɔːl]
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- Noun:
- the act of drawing or hauling something
- the quantity that was caught
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- Verb:
- draw slowly or heavily
- transport in a vehicle
Word Origin
- haul (v.)
- "pull or draw forcibly," 1580s, hall, variant of Middle English halen "to drag, pull" (see hale (v.)). Spelling with -au- or -aw- is from early 17c. Related: Hauled; hauling. To haul off "pull back a little" before striking or otherwise acting is American English, 1802.
- haul (n.)
- 1660s, "act of pulling," from haul (v.). Meaning "something gained" is from 1776, a figurative use from the meaning "the quantity of fish taken in one haul of a net," or perhaps on the notion of "drawing" a profit. Meaning "distance over which something must be hauled" (usually with long or short) is attested from 1873.
Example
- 1. In areas without electricity , donkeys haul diesel to generators .
- 2. Pleased with your law-abidingness , you reach to get your bag back when suddenly the cops grab you by the arm and haul you off to jail .
- 3. Buffet and berkshire insist they are in the long haul though the haul seems to get longer all the time .
- 4. Dentists jostled with high-school children to haul kalashnikovs off the shelves .
- 5. The reindeer is also used to haul things from place to place .