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Definition of yawl noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

yawl

noun

/jɔːl/

/jɔːl/

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a type of boat with sailsTopics Sports: water sportsc2

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a rowing boat carried on a shipTopics Sports: water sportsc2

Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Middle Low German jolle or Dutch jol, of unknown origin.

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