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manhaul

verb

Etymology

From man + haul.

  1. derived from *kelh₁-✻ — “to call, cry, summon”
  2. inherited from *halōną✻
  3. inherited from *halian✻ — “to haul, drag”
  4. derived from halen
  5. derived from *halōn✻
  6. derived from haler
  7. inherited from hālen
  8. formed as manhaul — “man + haul”

Definitions

  1. To pull sledges, trucks, etc. by manpower, unaided by animals or machines.

    • He would die in the Arctic, but in 1908 he manhauled to the South Magnetic Pole with Mawson and Edgeworth David, and on the way they camped near our spot.
    • With agile topmen at the summit of the towering mast tending the sheaves of the blocks, it needed the humble laborers to manhaul ropes, seized to a girt-line, up the entire height of the mainmast.

  2. The act or practice of pulling sledges, trucks, etc. by human power, unaided by animals…

    The act or practice of pulling sledges, trucks, etc. by human power, unaided by animals or machines.

    • Huntford accuses Scott of choosing manhaul as his favoured method of travel purely to be macho.
    • That night I asked Ginny to get this manhaul equipment to us the next day in the Twin Otter.

  3. A sledge, travois, etc. that is pulled by human power, along with the cargo it is…

    A sledge, travois, etc. that is pulled by human power, along with the cargo it is carrying.

    • After Jim had secured his load, he moved off and must have been a quarter of a mile ahead before Ralph and I set off with the manhaul in tow.
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. A truck with two long benches in the back (oriented the long way) for people to sit on,…

      A truck with two long benches in the back (oriented the long way) for people to sit on, or any similar utilitarian vehicle designed to carry many people.

      • During this period of rehabilitation, personnel had to be hauled over the 12 miles from the old quarters to the new in box-type manhauls that were forever breaking down.
      • The mechanic and a couple of his mates came in and Toby turned to them. "Ray, get a manhaul, pull in here right at the door. See how fast you can be."

    2. A meal.

      • During his years at SRF, Kooch never missed the manhauls (meals) at 1100 and 1600. […] Through the years as his hearing got bad, Kooch would not hear the Whistle. Since then, manhauls were delayed until he was found and ushered aboard.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA