rare. [f. yawl’s, gen. of YAWL sb.1 + MAN sb.1] = YAWLER2.

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1885.  Chamb. Jrnl. 15 Aug., 513/2. The bluff yawlsman riding to his nets far out at sea.

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1908.  Widnes Weekly News. 16 April, 3/5. But for the quickness of the yawlsman’s tiller-hand the vessel must have been sunk.

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