mishaul

present singular third person mishauls · participle present mishauling · participle past mishauled · past mishauled

1. To haul incorrectly, such as to the wrong location, at the wrong time, or involving the wrong load.

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

   1890, Minnesota. Supreme Court, Records and Briefs in Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of Minnesota, page 50

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   "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.

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