manhaul noun 4verb 1forms 3 noun4 •The act or practice of pulling sledges, trucks, etc. by human power, unaided by animals or machines.Huntford accuses Scott of choosing manhaul as his favoured method of travel purely to be macho. — 2012 •A sledge, travois, etc. that is pulled by human power, along with the cargo it is carrying.After Jim had secured his load, he moved off and must have been a quarter of a mile ahead before Ralph and I set off with the manhaul in tow. — 2021 •A truck with two long benches in the back (oriented the long way) for people to sit on, or any similar utilitarian vehicle designed to carry many people.During this period of rehabilitation, personnel had to be hauled over the 12 miles from the old quarters to the new in box-type manhauls that were forever breaking down. — 1954 •(slang, old-fashioned) A meal. verb1 •To pull sledges, trucks, etc. by manpower, unaided by animals or machines.He would die in the Arctic, but in 1908 he manhauled to the South Magnetic Pole with Mawson and Edgeworth David, and on the way they camped near our spot. — 1996 formsmanhauled · manhauling · manhauls
