Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 11th Edition
HAUL
I. verb
Etymology: Middle English halen to pull, from Anglo-French haler, of Germanic origin; akin to Middle Dutch halen to pull; akin to Old English geholian to obtain
Date: 13th century
transitive verb
1. to exert traction on ; draw , to obtain or move by or as if by hauling , to transport in a vehicle ; cart , to change the course of (a ship) especially so as to sail closer to the wind, to bring before an authority for interrogation or judgment ; hale , intransitive verb to exert traction ; pull , to move along ; proceed , to furnish transportation, shift ,
II. noun
Date: 1670
1. the act or process of hauling ; pull , a device for hauling,
2. the result of an effort to obtain, collect, or win , the quantity of fish taken in a single draft of a net,
3. transportation by hauling, the length or course of a transportation route , a quantity transported ; load