Associations to the word «Yawl»

Wiktionary

YAWL, noun. A small ship's boat, usually rowed by four or six oars.
YAWL, noun. A fore-and-aft rigged sailing vessel with two masts, main and mizzen, the mizzen stepped abaft the rudder post.
YAWL, verb. To cry out; to howl.

Dictionary definition

YAWL, noun. A ship's small boat (usually rowed by 4 or 6 oars).
YAWL, noun. A sailing vessel with two masts; a small mizzen is aft of the rudderpost.
YAWL, verb. Emit long loud cries; "wail in self-pity"; "howl with sorrow".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King