Associations to the word «Yawl»

Wiktionary

YAWL, noun. A small ship's boat, usually rowed by four or six oars.
YAWL, noun. A fore-and-aft rigged sailing vessel with two masts, main and mizzen, the mizzen stepped abaft the rudder post.
YAWL, verb. To cry out; to howl.

Dictionary definition

YAWL, noun. A ship's small boat (usually rowed by 4 or 6 oars).
YAWL, noun. A sailing vessel with two masts; a small mizzen is aft of the rudderpost.
YAWL, verb. Emit long loud cries; "wail in self-pity"; "howl with sorrow".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats