Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Clubhaul \Club"haul`\, v. t. (Naut.)
   To put on the other tack by dropping the lee anchor as soon
   as the wind is out of the sails (which brings the vessel's
   head to the wind), and by cutting the cable as soon as she
   pays off on the other tack. Clubhauling is attempted only in
   an exigency.