Word: haulabouts
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: hau
la
bouts
Definition: Plural of haulabout. A barge-like vessel with steel hull, large hatchways, and coal transporters, for coaling war vessels from its own hold or from other colliers.
Morphemes:
Affix: haul
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To transport by drawing or pulling, as with horses or oxen, or a motor vehicle.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: haler
Language: fro
Decoded: haler
Meaning: to haul, pull
Affix: about
Language: en
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: Moving around; astir.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plural of nouns that correctly take just an "s" in the plural. See greengrocer’s apostrophe.