man-haul

man-haul (third-person singular simple present man-hauls, present participle man-hauling, simple past and past participle man-hauled)

1. Alternative form of manhaul
   • 2007, Dan Simmons, The Terror: A Novel:

     When the Whaleboat was left on the Ice that afternoon as the able-bodied Men went back to man-haul forward the 5 Boats left behind on the First Haul, Captain Fitzjames confessed to me that his Vision was terribly blurred and that he was frequently seeing Double.

   • 2010, Douglas Mawson, The Home of the Blizzard:, page xi:

     On our Antarctic crossing 1993 we fashioned crampons from spare rope, as did Mawson, in order to man-haul over steep areas of blue-ice glaciers.

   • 2010, Will Steger, ‎Jon Bowermaster, Crossing Antarctica, page 182:

     I thought a lot today about pacing, prompted by thoughts of Reinhold Messner, the Austrian-born mountain climber who will soon begin his attempt to ski and man-haul across an eighteen-hundred-mile section of Antarctica.

   • 2018, L Leighton Decore, Twice Chosen Man, page 125:

     The ride to Kettle Falls was uneventful except for having to man-haul the canoe around trees because the travois needed more room.

man-haul (countable and uncountable, plural man-hauls)

1. Alternative form of manhaul
   1. The act or practice of pulling cargo by human effort.
      • 1958, Reports and Documents - Volume 5, page 122:

        Supplies are carried from the caches to buildings by hand or by man-haul sleds .

      • 2005, Ranulph Fiennes, Race to the Pole: Tragedy, Heroism, and Scott's Antarctic Quest, page 287:

        Scott's expedition, as successful as any man-haul expedition in history, coincided with uniquely bad weather; was not planned as a race, though it was forced too late in the day to try to compete; and achieved a hugely valuable survey and science program.

      • 2010, Will Steger, ‎Jon Bowermaster, Crossing Antarctica:

        If anyone can accomplish the man-haul, Messner (and partner Arved Fuchs, a veteran German polar explorer) probably can.

   2. Vehicle to carry many people.
      • 2012, Thomas R. Kuesel, ‎Elwyn H. King, ‎John O. Bickel, Tunnel Engineering Handbook, page 236:

        In addition to muck cars, various special cars must be provided to facilitate the work. These include man-haul, explosives, vent pipe, flat-, and concrete cars.

      • 2012, Edna Eades, Who is This Man, page 52:

        He always wanted to get one more tree felled before boarding the man-haul bus to leave the woods each night, just as he was hungry for more hay to stack when he was a teenager.

      • 2023, Peter F Barry, For Pete’s Sake:

        The rumpus started later on that evening, as soon as the man-haul dropped off the workers at the wet canteen .