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
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.
I began to edge away therefore, and in two or three hours enjoyed the satisfaction of seeing our pursuer clew up and furl his sails.
From The Narrative of a Blockade-Runner by Wilkinson, John
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
Their next task was to haul down the smaller staysails, then to clew up and furl royals and topgallantsails.
From The Voyage of the Aurora by Collingwood, Harry
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