'Hauling' definitions:
Definition of 'hauling'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Hauling'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]
- Some dance, some haul the rope. --Denham. [1913 Webster]
- Thither they bent, and hauled their ships to land. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- Romp-loving miss Is hauled about in gallantry robust. --Thomson. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To transport by drawing, as with horses or oxen; as, to haul logs to a sawmill. [1913 Webster]
- When I was seven or eight years of age, I began hauling all the wood used in the house and shops. --U. S. Grant. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'hauling'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- air express,
- airfreight,
- airlift,
- asportation,
- attraction,
- bearing,
- carriage,
- carry,
- carrying,
- cartage,
- conveyance,
- draft,
- drawing,
- drayage,
- expressage,
- extraction,
- ferriage,
- freight,
- freightage,
- haulage,
- heaving,
- lighterage,
- lugging,
- packing,
- portage,
- porterage,
- pull,
- pulling,
- pulling power,
- railway express,
- shipment,
- shipping,
- telpherage,
- toting,
- towage,
- towing,
- traction,
- tractive,
- tractive power,
- transport,
- transportation,
- transshipment,
- truckage,
- tug-of-war,
- tugging,
- waft,
- waftage,
- wagonage