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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Apparently from Low German and Middle Low German jolle, or Dutch jol, possibly ultimately from a Proto-Germanic derivative of Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewlos (“tube”), see also Lithuanian aulas, Norwegian aul, Hittite (auli-, “tube-shaped organ in the neck”), Albanian hollë, Latin alvus.
Noun
yawl (plural yawls)
- A small ship's boat, usually rowed by four or six oars.
- A fore-and-aft rigged sailing vessel with two masts, main and mizzen, the mizzen stepped abaft the rudder post.
1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, , →OCLC, part I, page 193:The “Nellie,” a cruising yawl, swung to her anchor without a flutter of the sails, and was at rest.
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Etymology 2
Imitative.
Verb
yawl (third-person singular simple present yawls, present participle yawling, simple past and past participle yawled)
- To cry out; to howl.
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French
Pronunciation
Noun
yawl m (plural yawls)
- yawl (type of boat)
Further reading
Manx
Etymology
Borrowed from English yawl.
Noun
yawl m (genitive singular yawl, plural yawlyn)
- yawl