yawl en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /jɑl/ (cot-caught-merger)
- /jɔl/ (General-American)
- /jɔːl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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Etymology
Apparently from Low German and Middle Low German jolle, or Dutch jol, possibly ultimately from a Proto-Germanic derivative of Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewlos (“tube”), see also Lithuanian aulas, Norwegian aul, Hittite [script needed] (auli-, “tube-shaped organ in the neck”), Albanian hollë, Latin alvus.
Meanings
- A small ship's boat, usually rowed by four or six oars.
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A fore-and-aft rigged sailing vessel with two masts, main and mizzen, the mizzen stepped abaft the rudder post.
The “Nellie,” a cruising yawl, swung to her anchor without a flutter of the sails, and was at rest.
1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 193:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| yawls | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Descendants
Translations (29)
he יָאוּל (sailing vessel) · fi jooli (sailing vessel) · de Jolle (sailing vessel) · ja ヨール (sailing vessel) · sh шљупка (sailing vessel) · es yola (sailing vessel) · it iolla (sailing vessel) · cmn 划子 (sailing vessel) · gv yawl (sailing vessel) · ru ял (sailing vessel) · cs jola (sailing vessel) · ro iolă (sailing vessel) · pl jol (sailing vessel) · de Beiboot (sailing vessel) · pt iole (sailing vessel) · mk едри́лица (sailing vessel) · sh šljupka (sailing vessel) · cmn 舢板 (sailing vessel) · ru шлю́пка (sailing vessel) · bg шлю́пка (sailing vessel) · ru йол (sailing vessel) · pdt Boot (nds) (sailing vessel) · ka ორჩხომელი (sailing vessel) · sh шојка (sailing vessel) · fr yole (sailing vessel) · ga geolta (sailing vessel) · ka კარჭაპი (sailing vessel) · sh šojka (sailing vessel) · mk јо́ла (sailing vessel)