yawl

See also: y'awl

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /jɔːl/
  • Homophone: y'all
  • Rhymes: -ɔːl

Etymology 1

Apparently from Middle Low German jolle, or Dutch jol.

Noun

yawl (plural yawls)

  1. A small ship's boat, usually rowed by four or six oars.
  2. A fore-and-aft rigged sailing vessel with two masts, main and mizzen, the mizzen stepped abaft the rudder post.
Translations

Etymology 2

Imitative.

Verb

yawl (third-person singular simple present yawls, present participle yawling, simple past and past participle yawled)

  1. To cry out; to howl.

Anagrams

Manx

Etymology

Borrowed from English yawl.

Noun

yawl m (genitive singular yawl, plural yawlyn)

  1. yawl
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