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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Haul \Haul\ (h[add]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hauled (h[add]ld);
     p. pr. & vb. n. Hauling.] [OE. halen, halien, F. haler, of
     German or Scand. origin; akin to AS. geholian to acquire,
     get, D. halen to fetch, pull, draw, OHG. hol[=o]n, hal[=o]n,
     G. holen, Dan. hale to haul, Sw. hala, and to L. calare to
     call, summon, Gr. kalei^n to call. Cf. Hale, v. t.,
     Claim. Class, Council, Ecclesiastic.]
     1. To pull or draw with force; to drag.
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              Some dance, some haul the rope.       --Denham.
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              Thither they bent, and hauled their ships to land.
                                                    --Pope.
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              Romp-loving miss
              Is hauled about in gallantry robust.  --Thomson.
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     2. To transport by drawing, as with horses or oxen; as, to
        haul logs to a sawmill.
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              When I was seven or eight years of age, I began
              hauling all the wood used in the house and shops.
                                                    --U. S. Grant.
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     To haul over the coals. See under Coal.
  
     To haul the wind (Naut.), to turn the head of the ship
        nearer to the point from which the wind blows.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Haul \Haul\ (h[add]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hauled (h[add]ld);
     p. pr. & vb. n. Hauling.] [OE. halen, halien, F. haler, of
     German or Scand. origin; akin to AS. geholian to acquire,
     get, D. halen to fetch, pull, draw, OHG. hol[=o]n, hal[=o]n,
     G. holen, Dan. hale to haul, Sw. hala, and to L. calare to
     call, summon, Gr. kalei^n to call. Cf. Hale, v. t.,
     Claim. Class, Council, Ecclesiastic.]
     1. To pull or draw with force; to drag.
  
              Some dance, some haul the rope.       --Denham.
  
              Thither they bent, and hauled their ships to land.
                                                    --Pope.
  
              Romp-loving miss Is hauled about in gallantry
              robust.                               --Thomson.
  
     2. To transport by drawing, as with horses or oxen; as, to
        haul logs to a sawmill.
  
              When I was seven or eight years of age, I began
              hauling all the wood used in the house and shops.
                                                    --U. S. Grant.
  
     To haul over the coals. See under Coal.
  
     To haul the wind (Naut.), to turn the head of the ship
        nearer to the point from which the wind blows.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  hauling
       n : the activity of transporting goods by truck [syn: trucking,
            truckage]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  hauling
     n.
     haulage
     vb.
     (present participle of en haul nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  hauling
     n.
     haulage
     vb.
     (present participle of en haul nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  hauling
     n.
     haulage
     vb.
     (present participle of en haul nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  hauling
     n.
     haulage
     vb.
     (present participle of en haul nocat=1)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  hauling
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm h aul ing)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Hauling /hˈɔːlɪŋ/
  السحب

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  hauling /hˈɔːlɪŋ/ 
  vlečení

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  hauling /hˈɔːlɪŋ/ 
  tažení

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  hauling /hˈɔːlɪŋ/ 
  táhnutí