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
"If she had any hands aboard, you'd think they'd have sense enough to clew up her courses," the mate answered.
From Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates by Gordon Grant
Raise tacks and sheets! clew up mainsail and foresail!
From Paddy Finn by Archibald Webb
What was their astonishment, at length, to see her clew up her sails and heave to!
From Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold by William Henry Giles Kingston
Stand boldly in until ye come abreast of the big rock at the mouth of the bight, when clew up and furl everything.
From The Castaways by Thomas Cantrell Dugdale
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