Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In growing sea-island cotton, the operation of drawing up to the foot of the plant, with the hoe, the loose dirt left, by the plow.
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- verb Present participle of
haul .
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- noun the activity of transporting goods by truck
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Examples
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There is a time overhead in hauling the container to the container marshaling, which is recouped on the faster movement of container freight rail when clear paths are available.
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In the meantime, Hazel and Hattie were used every odd moment in hauling manure from Glen Ellen, whose barnyards had never known such a thorough cleaning.
CHAPTER XX 2010
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So they both pulled together and succeeded with difficulty in hauling that net ashore, when they found it full of fish of all kinds and colours; — And Shahrazad perceived the dawn of day and ceased to say her permitted say.
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Waiting for vacations, when we could all be together without phone calls hauling them off somewhere.
Jinx High Lackey, Mercedes 1994
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A government above those fifteen parties, not subject to party pulling and hauling, is necessary.
The New Germany 1932
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In the meantime, Hazel and Hattie were used every odd moment in hauling manure from Glen Ellen, whose barnyards had never known such a thorough cleaning.
Chapter 20 1913
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Besides, his hands were full with his sister, or his arms, rather; while Buck was too near dead to be of further use in hauling the sled.
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Besides, his hands were full with his sister, or his arms, rather; while Buck was too near dead to be of further use in hauling the sled.
Chapter 5 1903
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'I do of all things delight in hauling good people's opinions out of their musty drawers, and seeing how they look when they're all pulled to pieces before their faces!
Belinda 1801
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I love the idea of hauling a bed outside but my husband and son called me cuckoo and I sort of lost my verve for THAT idea.
Maryjanes Farm... Gumbo Lily 2010
GHibbs commented on the word hauling
My adjectival use: 'Rather than hauling company they say haulage company.'
My example as a singular noun: 'Their main work is hauling or haulage.'
August 22, 2011