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
Every man and boy was at his station, ready to clew up and haul down directly the ship should be free, and again exposed to the fury of the gale.
From Archibald Hughson An Arctic Story by Kingston, William Henry Giles
“Away aloft, men; clew up and haul down; furl everything!”
From Under the Meteor Flag Log of a Midshipman during the French Revolutionary War by Collingwood, Harry
The first thing we did was to clew up the three top-gallant-sails.
From Miles Wallingford Sequel to "Afloat and Ashore" by Cooper, James Fenimore
What was their astonishment, at length, to see her clew up her sails and heave to!
From Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold by Kingston, William Henry Giles
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