yawl

Meaning

Noun

1. A small ship's boat, usually rowed by four or six oars.
2. A fore-and-aft rigged sailing vessel with two masts, main and mizzen, the mizzen stepped abaft the rudder post.

Verb

To cry out; to howl.

Synonyms

yaup

howl

boat

⛵

dinghy

wail

ululate

roar

gig

dandy

skiff

jolly boat

wrawl

cry out

jolly

jolly-boat

pinnace

sailboat

⛵

sob

😭

vessel

whaler

whine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/jɔːl/

Etymology

Apparently from Low German and Middle Low German jolle, or Dutch jol, possibly ultimately from a Proto-Germanic derivative of Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewlos (“tube”), see also Lithuanian aulas, Norwegian aul, Hittite [script needed] (auli-, “tube-shaped organ in the neck”), Albanian hollë, Latin alvus.