![]() ![]() to draw up the clews of a square sail to the yard. transitive verb (Naut.) To move of draw (a sail or yard) by means of the clew garnets, clew lines, etc. ![]() transitive verb obsolete To direct to guide, as by a thread.noun (Naut.) The block through which a clew line reeves.noun (Naut.) a rope by which a clew of one of the smaller square sails, as topsail, topgallant sail, or royal, is run up to its yard.noun (Naut.) one of the ropes by which the clews of the courses of square-rigged vessels are drawn up to the lower yards.noun A combination of lines or nettles by which a hammock is suspended.noun A loop and thimbles at the corner of a sail.noun A lower corner of a square sail, or the after corner of a fore-and-aft sail.noun That which guides or directs one in anything of a doubtful or intricate nature that which gives a hint in the solution of a mystery.noun A ball of thread, yarn, or cord also, The thread itself.Used with up.įrom the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English. transitive verb Nautical To raise the lower corners of (a square sail) by means of clew lines.transitive verb To roll or coil into a ball. ![]()
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