To haul the wind

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.
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            Some dance, some haul the rope.       --Denham.
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            Thither they bent, and hauled their ships to land.
                                                  --Pope.
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            Romp-loving miss
            Is hauled about in gallantry robust.  --Thomson.
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   2. To transport by drawing, as with horses or oxen; as, to
      haul logs to a sawmill.
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            When I was seven or eight years of age, I began
            hauling all the wood used in the house and shops.
                                                  --U. S. Grant.
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   {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.
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