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Do a sailor's job
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furl
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Furling refers to stowing or dousing a boat's sail by flaking (folding), packing (like stuffing a spinnaker into a bag), or stowing it in part or whole using roller furling . Furling is not synonymous with dousing (dropping) or reefing (reducing the exposed ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Furl \Furl\ (f[^u]rl), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Furled (f[^u]rld); p. pr. & vb. n. Furling .] [Contr. fr. furdle, fr. fardel bundle: cf. F. ferler to furl, OF. fardeler to pack. See Furdle , Fardel , and cf. Farl .] To draw up or gather into close compass; to ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (context transitive English) To lower, roll up and secure (something, such as a sail or flag)
Usage examples of furl.
We covered the six kilometers in ten minutes and turned off the saltway onto a paved ramp that led through a cluster of homes -- white stone this time, not adobe -- and then Alem and the other man furled the sail and pedaled the windcycle slowly along the cobblestone street that ran between the homes and the canal-river.
Maia and Brod stood up, together releasing the clamps holding the furled sail, and drew it to the clew outhaul.
Chrysom had built on the curving shore of Wolfe Sea was a great, shining wheel of seven towers circling the high black tower above which the Cygnet flew on a pennant furling and unfurling, by day and night.
Outside, too, lay the frigate, riding on the glassy surface of the sea, her sails furled, her yards squared, everything about her cared for and in its place, until she formed a faultless picture of nautical symmetry and naval propriety.
Sailors grabbed handfuls of the sail, furling it and cursing the breeze.
Clapping those together and furling them as far as he could, Farree took a deep breath and started into the tower.
Scattered among them, badly creased, corners furling, were a half-dozen old maps.
Furl Gett and Willom Travers found me stumbling through the trees, and gave me a ride home.
Mustard took up a position on the floor between her bare legs and lifted to his lips a small furled umbrella full of a substance that hodads and full hanks were not meant to know.
Blessing had got herself into the furled rigging of the lateen sail and shinnied halfway up the mast, clinging to a rope.
A cluster of ships lay anchored at the north end of the cove, sleek and dark against the silvery waters, and by the glint of radian draws and the odd slant of light sheaths furled and waiting for release, Walker recognized them as airships.
They scurried to obey, but the fire was spreading swiftly, eating into the stern and dancing along the gunwale, reaching up hungrily towards the furled sails on their outstretched yards.
He had been able to replace the mizzen yards, and furled new sails upon them.
All around him the ship was in turmoil as the crew rushed to get the sails furled and to bring the bows around, so that the Golden Bough faced into the racing storm.
Jim and I were sent aloft to the fore-topgallant sailyard to furl the sail.