yawl
yawl (yal) , noun
[Dutch jol; akin to LG. & Danish jolle, Swedish julle. Compare Jolly-boat.]
1.
(Nautical) A small ship's boat, usually rowed by four or six oars.
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.
Yawl , intransitive verb
[Old English yaulen, youlen, gaulen, goulen, Icelandic gaula to low, bellow. Compare Gowl.]
To cry out like a dog or cat; to howl; to yell. — Tennyson
There howling Scyllas yawling round about.