(of a person) pull or drag with effort or force

he hauled his bike out of the shed

she hauled on the reins

(of a vehicle) pull (an attached trailer or carriage) behind it

the engine hauls the overnight sleeper from London Euston

(especially of a sailing ship) make an abrupt change of course

my plan was to haul offshore, well clear of the land

a quantity of something that has been stolen or is possessed illegally

they escaped with a haul of antiques

a distance to be covered in a journey

the thirty-mile haul to Boston