Haul meaning : An act of hauling or pulling, particularly with force; a (violent) pull or tug. The distance over which something is hauled or transported, especially if long. An amount of something that has been taken, especially of fish, illegal loot, or items purchased on a shopping trip. Short for haul video. (ropemaking) A bundle of many threads to be tarred. To transport by drawing or pulling, as with horses or oxen, or a motor vehicle. To draw or pull something heavy. To carry or transport something, with a connotation that the item is heavy or otherwise difficult to move. To drag, to pull, to tug. Followed by up: to summon to be disciplined or held answerable for something. To pull apart, as oxen sometimes do when yoked. To steer (a vessel) closer to the wind. Of the wind: to shift fore (more towards the bow). To haul ass.