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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

yawl

/(ya̤l)/ · IPA /jɔl/
01 n. A small ship's boat, usually rowed by four or six oars.
  1. 1.
    A small ship's boat, usually rowed by four or six oars.(Naut.)
  2. 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.
02 v. i. To cry out like a dog or cat; to howl; to yell.
  1. 1.
    To cry out like a dog or cat; to howl; to yell.
    “There howling Scyllas yawling round about.” — Fairfax.