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Meaning of Yawl | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
jɔːl

Definitions

  1. A small ship's boat, usually rowed by four or six oars.
  2. A fore-and-aft rigged sailing vessel with two masts, main and mizzen, the mizzen stepped abaft the rudder post.

Equivalents

العربية القارب
Bosanski iole
Čeština Jola
Deutsch Beiboot Jolle
Español yola
Suomi jooli
Français yawl yole
Gaeilge geolta
Hrvatski iole
Bahasa Indonesia joli
Italiano iolla
日本語 ヨール
Македонски едрилица
Polski jol
Português iole
Română iolă
Русский йол шлюпка ял
Српски iole

Examples

“The “Nellie,” a cruising yawl, swung to her anchor without a flutter of the sails, and was at rest.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

yawler Yawls yawlsman Yawm al-Din yawmeter Yawn

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