'Yawl' definitions:

Definition of 'yawl'

noun

A ship's small boat (usually rowed by 4 or 6 oars)

noun

A sailing vessel with two masts; a small mizzen is aft of the rudderpost [syn: yawl, dandy]

verb

Emit long loud cries; "wail in self-pity"; "howl with sorrow" [syn: howl, ululate, wail, roar, yawl, yaup]

From: GCIDE

Yawl \Yawl\, v. i. [OE. [yogh]aulen, [yogh]oulen, gaulen, goulen, Icel. gaula to low, bellow. Cf. Gowl.] To cry out like a dog or cat; to howl; to yell. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
There howling Scyllas yawling round about. --Fairfax. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

yawl \yawl\ (y[add]l), n. [D. jol; akin to LG. & Dan. jolle, Sw. julle. Cf. Jolly-boat.]
1. (Naut.) A small ship's boat, usually rowed by four or six oars. [Written also yaul.] [1913 Webster]
2. A fore-and-aft-rigged vessel with two masts, a mainmast carrying a mainsail and jibs, taller than the mizzenmast and stepped a little farther forward than in a sloop, and with the mizzenmast, or jiggermast far aft, usually placed aft of the water line or aft the rudder post. The mizzenmast of a yawl is smaller, and set further aft, than that of a sloop. [Webster 1913 Suppl. +RDH]