haul out

tirer dehors, sortir

Sortir quelque chose de lourd d’un endroit en le tirant ou en le portant.

En anglais simple : To pull or carry something heavy out of a place.

• Please help me haul out these boxes.
• We hauled the old furniture out of the garage.
• They used a rope to haul out the broken machine.

Comment l'utiliser : haul something out of something (We hauled the sofa out of the basement.)

Synonymes : pull out, drag out

Expressions courantes : haul out something, haul out old furniture

sortir de l’eau pour se reposer

Pour un phoque ou un animal semblable, sortir de l’eau pour se reposer à terre.

En anglais simple : When seals or similar animals leave the water to rest on land, they do this.

• The seals haul out to rest.
• Several walruses hauled out onto the ice.
• Where do the pups usually haul out?

Comment l'utiliser : haul out on/onto something (The seals haul out on these rocks every afternoon.)

Synonymes : come ashore

Expressions courantes : haul out ashore, haul out together, haul out onto ice

sortir de l’eau, mettre en cale sèche

Sortir un bateau de l’eau, généralement pour le réparer ou le mettre à l’abri.

En anglais simple : To take a boat out of the water, usually for repairs or storage.

• We need to haul out the boat.
• They hauled the yacht out to paint its hull.
• Has the ship been hauled out for repairs?

Comment l'utiliser : haul something out (They hauled the yacht out for repairs.)

Synonymes : dry-dock

Contraires : launch

Expressions courantes : haul out something, haul out a boat

étarquer la voile, prendre un ris

Tirer sur un cordage pour tendre une voile le long de son support ou réduire sa surface.

En anglais simple : To pull a rope to stretch a sail along its support or make the sail smaller.

• The crew hauled out the sail.
• Haul out carefully until the sail is tight.
• We hauled out to reef the sail before the storm.

Expressions courantes : haul out something, haul out the sail

changer brusquement de cap

Faire brusquement changer de direction à un bateau.

En anglais simple : To turn a boat sharply away from the direction it was going.

• The ship hauled out to avoid the rocks.
• The captain ordered us to haul out sharply.
• We hauled out of the channel as another vessel approached.

Synonymes : veer, turn sharply

Expressions courantes : haul out sharply, haul out seaward