Boxhaul
Pronunciation : Box"haul`
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: 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.
t. [imp. & p. p. Boxhauled.] (Naut.)
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913