'Boxhauled' definitions:
Definition of 'Boxhauled'
From: GCIDE
- Boxhaul \Box"haul`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Boxhauled.] (Naut.) To put (a vessel) on the other tack by veering her short round on her heel; -- so called from the circumstance of bracing the head yards abox (i. e., sharp aback, on the wind). --Totten. [1913 Webster]