Boxhaul
to put (a square-rigged sailing vessel) on a new tack by bracing the head yards aback and backing onto the new heading.
Historical Examples
The Flying Bo’sun Arthur Mason
verb
(nautical) to bring (a square-rigger) onto a new tack by backwinding the foresails and steering hard round
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