Haul, v. i.
 1. Naut. To change the direction of a ship by hauling the wind. See under Haul, v. t.
    I . . . hauled up for it, and found it to be an island.   --Cook.
 2. To pull apart, as oxen sometimes do when yoked.
 To haul around Naut., to shift to any point of the compass; -- said of the wind.
 To haul off Naut., to sail closer to the wind, in order to get farther away from anything; hence, to withdraw; to draw back.