mishaul

English

Etymology

mis- +‎ haul

Verb

mishaul (third-person singular simple present mishauls, present participle mishauling, simple past and past participle mishauled)

1. To haul incorrectly, such as to the wrong location, at the wrong time, or involving the wrong load.
   • 1890, Minnesota. Supreme Court, Records and Briefs in Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of Minnesota, page 50:

     Did you order the lumber that was mishauled over to Twelfth avenue!

   • 1959, Albert George Haskell, Silk and the Husk, page 186:

     "Sure,” laughed Chris, “and a million dollars' worth of other mishauled stuff. The typewriters in this camp, for instance, are charged to Parlier,” he flung his arms in the air, “so we'll wind up in jail for someone else's sins, probably.

Anagrams

• alumish