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The Selaesori Qhoran had furled her big striped sail for the night, and her decks were all but deserted.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

When this news came to Sasan, he was drowned in the sea of melancholy, knowing that the whole state had furled against him, great and small, and trouble and anxiety were sore on him.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume II by Payne, John

And so, at length, he had furled his pennon, and followed by his faithful squire and a few of his retainers he sought the English Court.

From Beatrix of Clare by Underwood, Clarence F.

A little fleet of fishing-boats had furled their sails.

From The Golden Web by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)

We were close to the Cape by lunch time, and by 1.30 we had furled sail in order to manoeuvre more freely.

From South with Scott by Mountevans, Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans, baron