English

inhaul

From in- + haul.

Formed from in- + haul

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Germanic *in ‘into’

English in-

Old French haler ‘to haul, pull’

Middle English hālen

English haul

Today it means

noun A rope used to haul in the clew of a sail, or a jib boom

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