haulee

English

Etymology

From haul +‎ -ee.

Noun

haulee (plural haulees)

1. A person or thing that is hauled or lifted.

   Antonym: hauler

   • 1943, Captain M.E.W. North, Some artificial methods of tree-climbing‎^[1], The Ibis, Volume 85, page 48:

     Haulee, noun.
     "Then, holding myself in position by grasping the part of the rope that falls from the other side of the fork, I unclip the loop round the trunk and let it swing clear. Next, combining the roles of hauler and haulee, I climb up, hand over hand using irons as much as possible, until I am right under one of the dividing limbs of the fork."

   • 1985, Thomas M. Paikeday, Noam Chomsky, The native speaker is dead!: an informal discussion of a linguistic myth‎^[2], Paikeday Pub., page 24:

     Haulee, noun.
     "'Bizarre' and 'normal' remind me of the classic scenario of someone being hauled off to the insane asylum and an argument starts about who is insane and who is normal — hauler or haulee?"