haul
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haul
[hȯl] (engineering)
A single tow of a net or dredge.
(navigation)
To change the course of a vessel so as to bring the wind farther forward.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
haul, haul distance
1. The distance that an excavated material is moved from the
cut to the
fill.
2. The distance along the most practical route for trucks to carry excavated material from its center of mass to the center of mass of the fill.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Architecture and Construction. Copyright © 2003 by McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
References in periodicals archive
Sir Alex Ferguson revealed he was about to
haul off Wayne Rooney moments before the teenager unleashed his Old Trafford wonder-strike.
"It's not what they eat on the spot, it's what they
haul off," he explains.
Meanwhile, James De Clouet (Garston) won at Burton Mere, with an 18lb 3oz
haul off peg five on Beech Pool.
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