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Boxhaul
Webster's Dictionary
(v. t.) To put (a vessel) on the other tack by veering her short round on her heel; - so called from the circumstance of bracing the head yards abox (i. e., sharp aback, on the wind).
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Boxhaul'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/b/boxhaul.html. 1828.