clubhaul \ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\transitive verb Etymology:club (I)(spar) + haul : to put (a ship) on the other tack when in danger of going into irons by dropping the lee anchor as the vessel's head comes to the wind and hauling on a hawser from the lee quarter to the anchor until the vessel pays off on the other tack