{i} dragging, tugging, pulling; transporting; load which is transported; act of taking or acquiring; plunder, loot, objects which are taken or acquired
Transportation by hauling; the distance through which anything is hauled, as freight in a railroad car; as, a long haul or short haul
A quick pull on the fly line through the stripping guide with the line hand during the back cast or forward cast It increases fly line speed and distance
To carry something; to transport something, with a connotation that the item is heavy or otherwise difficult to move
transport in a vehicle; "haul stones from the quarry in a truck"; "haul vegetables to the market" draw slowly or heavily; "haul stones"; "haul nets
A haul is a quantity of things that are stolen, or a quantity of stolen or illegal goods found by police or customs. The size of the drugs haul shows that the international trade in heroin is still flourishing
If someone is hauled before a court or someone in authority, they are made to appear before them because they are accused of having done something wrong. He was hauled before the managing director and fired. Haul up means the same as haul. He was hauled up before the Board of Trustees
drag or transport, as in: He earned extra money by using his truck to haul vegetables to the local farmers' fair
If you say that a task or a journey is a long haul, you mean that it takes a long time and a lot of effort. Revitalising the Romanian economy will be a long haul. see also long-haul
If you haul something which is heavy or difficult to move, you move it using a lot of effort. A crane had to be used to haul the car out of the stream She hauled up her bedroom window and leaned out