clew up
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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Immediately afterward, with her crew standing by to clew up the foretopsails, the backstays part and the We're Here's mainmast goes overside, carrying with it Manuel in a tangle of canvas, cable and running gear.
From Time Magazine Archive
We must clew up the topsails while the men can get upon the yards.
From The Phantom Ship by Marryat, Frederick
Royal and topgallant halliards and sheets let go; clew up and furl!
From A Middy of the King A Romance of the Old British Navy by Hodgson, Edward S.
Let go the topgallant and topsail halliards, and clew up and furl the sails.
From The Rover's Secret A Tale of the Pirate Cays and Lagoons of Cuba by Symons, W. Christian
Raise tacks and sheets! clew up mainsail and foresail!
From Paddy Finn by Webb, Archibald
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