hauler

(ha’lér), n. [ hallier2.] 1, One who pulls or hauls. Prouydid alweys that the woddesillers leve not the bak all destitute and bare of wodde, ne soffir not the halyers to hale it all awey. English Gilds (E. B. T. 8.), p. 425. The crowd of haulers fastened on the cable, [and] ran off frantically with it. Harper’s Mag., LXV. 558. 2. A device for catching fish, consisting of several hooks connected together and hauled through the water by aline; a jigger; a scrodgill; a pull-devil: as, a hauler for bluefish. haulm!, ». See halm. haulm2} (him), ». An improper form of hamel. haulset (hals),. Nauwt., same as halse? for hawsel,.