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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Yaul n. Naut. See Yawl.
 

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 yawl n.
 1. Naut. A small ship's boat, usually rowed by four or six oars.  [Written also yaul.]
 2. A fore-and-aft-rigged vessel with two masts, a mainmast carrying a mainsail and jibs, taller than the mizzenmast and stepped a little farther forward than in a sloop, and with the mizzenmast, or jiggermast far aft, usually placed aft of the water line or aft the rudder post.  The mizzenmast of a yawl is smaller, and set further aft, than that of a sloop.