clew
noun
clue.
clewing
-
present participleof clew.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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The smoke cleared away, and the schooner's foretopsail, which she was in the act of clewing up, lay over her side.
From The Pirate, and The Three Cutters by Edmund J. (Edmund Joseph) Sullivan
Meanwhile the merchant crew were clewing up and hauling down to the accompaniment of the usual cries.
From A Middy in Command A Tale of the Slave Squadron by Edward S. Hodgson
In close reefing the main-topsail, there was much difficulty in clewing up the sail for the purpose of making it quiet, and the captain issued his orders accordingly from the quarter-deck, and sent us aloft.
From The Life of Admiral Viscount Exmouth by Edward Osler
Them hands of yours might do something in the caboose, but they ain't much like reefing and clewing topsails.
From Tony Butler by Charles James Lever
Bruin met the attack by clewing himself into a round ball.
From Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone by Charles A. Beach
