Manhaul
noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 The act or practice of pulling sledges, trucks, etc. by human power, unaided by animals or machines. countable, uncountable
"Australians, for whom Mawson is a national hero, might have heard of his solo trek to survival in 1913, but few would know that he and another Australian, Edgeworth David, with a lone Briton, were the first men to reach the vicinity of the South Magnetic Pole, and that they did it by the longest unsupported manhaul of the era of discovery."
- 2 A sledge, travois, etc. that is pulled by human power, along with the cargo it is carrying. countable, uncountable
"After Jim had secured his load, he moved off and must have been a quarter of a mile ahead before Ralph and I set off with the manhaul in tow."
- 3 A truck with two long benches in the back (oriented the long way) for people to sit on, or any similar utilitarian vehicle designed to carry many people. countable, uncountable
"During this period of rehabilitation, personnel had to be hauled over the 12 miles from the old quarters to the new in box-type manhauls that were forever breaking down."
- 4 A meal. US, countable, dated, slang, uncountable
"During his years at SRF, Kooch never missed the manhauls (meals) at 1100 and 1600. […] Through the years as his hearing got bad, Kooch would not hear the Whistle. Since then, manhauls were delayed until he was found and ushered aboard."
- 1 To pull sledges, trucks, etc. by manpower, unaided by animals or machines. transitive
"He would die in the Arctic, but in 1908 he manhauled to the South Magnetic Pole with Mawson and Edgeworth David, and on the way they camped near our spot."
Example
More examples"He would die in the Arctic, but in 1908 he manhauled to the South Magnetic Pole with Mawson and Edgeworth David, and on the way they camped near our spot."
Etymology
From man + haul.
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