Also yoler. [f. YAWL sb.1 + -ER1 1.] A sailor who rows or sails in a yawl; one of the crew of a yawl.
1833. M. Scott, Tom Cringle, xviii. Pipe away the yawlers, boatswain’s mate.
1867. Engineer, 27 Sept., 283/3. ‘Yolers.’
