yawl /ˈjɔl/
 船載小艇,艦載雜用船,一種小帆船
 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.
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 Yawl, v. i.  To cry out like a dog or cat; to howl; to yell.
    There howling Scyllas yawling round about.   --Fairfax.
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 yawl
      n 1: a ship's small boat (usually rowed by 4 or 6 oars)
      2: a sailing vessel with two masts; a small mizzen is aft of
         the rudderpost
      v : emit long loud cries; "wail in self-pity"; "howl with
          sorrow" [syn: howl, ululate, wail, roar]