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Definition of yaul : See Yawl.

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• Come along o' me, Sir Jermy, and I hope yaul heat very hearty, said or rather shouted the Mayor. - "The Passionate Elopement", Compton Mackenzie.
• Captain Barrett at first refused the offer, as he thought it impossible the boat could live in such a sea; but upon further consideration, he gave his consent; and the gunner, with thirty- one of the crew, succeeded in launching the yaul, and getting clear of the wreck. - "Narratives of Shipwrecks of the Royal Navy; between 1793 and 1849", William O. S. Gilly.
• It is evident that there must have been considerable danger for boats, from the fact of the second yaul being lost, and Captain Barrett's hesitation before he allowed the gunner to leave the ship in the first yaul; and in charity we must give the Dutch the benefit of this evidence. - "Narratives of Shipwrecks of the Royal Navy; between 1793 and 1849", William O. S. Gilly.