LekhoriLekhoriTo transport by drawing or pulling, as with horses or oxen, or a motor vehicle.
to haul logs to a sawmill
To draw or pull something heavy.
Thither they bent, and haul'd their ſhip to land, / (The crooked keel divides the yellow ſand) / Ulyſſes ſleeping on his couch they bore, / And gently plac'd him on the rocky ſhore.
To carry or transport something, with a connotation that the item is heavy or otherwise difficult to move.
The California fruit trade is all handled by the Southern Pacific and the Santa Fe railroads. The last named road operates its own refrigerator cars and fixes its own rates. It hauls fully half of the traffic and it is therefore evident that the "Beef Trust" has no voice or power in the matter. […] The same condition exists with the melon grower of Colorado, except that in this case the Santa Fe road hauls nearly all of the product.
An act of hauling or pulling, particularly with force; a (violent) pull or tug.
So I rigged my big salmon rod, and when I heard him splashing in the shallows across the pool, I put a few Alka Seltzer tablets onto the hook and cast into the darkness. There was a splash and a haul on my line, and this time I struck with both hands and then began pulling and horsing as hard as I could to bring this big fish over to my side.
From Middle English hālen, hailen, haulen, halien (“to drag, pull; to draw up”), from Old French haler (“to haul, pull”), from Frankish *halōn (“to drag, fetch, haul”) or Middle Dutch halen (“to drag,...
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The distance over which something is hauled or transported, especially if long.
Getting to his place was a real haul.
An amount of something that has been taken, especially of fish, illegal loot, or items purchased on a shopping trip.
The robber’s haul was over thirty items.