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yawl

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  1. yawl (noun)
  2. cat yawl (noun)

yawl

noun \ˈyȯl\

Definition of YAWL

1
: a ship's small boat : jolly boat
2
: a fore-and-aft rigged sailboat carrying a mainsail and one or more jibs with a mizzenmast far aft
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Origin of YAWL

Low German jolle
First Known Use: 1670

Rhymes with YAWL

all, awl, ball, bawl, brawl, call, caul, crawl, doll, drawl, fall, gall, hall, haul, kraal, mall, maul, moll, pall, pawl, Saul, scall, scrawl, shawl, small, spall, sprawl, squall, stall, tall, thrall, trawl, wall

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