To put (a vessel) on the other tack by veering her short round on her heel; -- so called from the circumstance of bracing the head yards abox (i. e., sharp aback, on the wind).
Boxhauled[Imperfect tense and past participle]Webster's Dictionary 1913
A method of going from one tack to another. See Boxhaul.
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