Defn: To incrust (the bore of a gun) with burnt powder in the process of firing.
3. To cover (a ship's bottom) with anything that impered its sailing; as, a bottom fouled with barnacles.
4. To entangle, so as to impede motion; as, to foul a rope or cable in paying it out; to come into collision with; as, one boat fouled the other in a race.
FOUL
Foul, v. i.
1. To become clogged with burnt powder in the process of firing, as a gun.
2. To become entagled, as ropes; to come into collision with something; as, the two boats fouled.
FOUL
Foul, n.
1. An entanglement; a collision, as in a boat race.
2. (Baseball)
Defn: See Foul ball, under Foul, a.