Clew example sentences

clew

noun

clew (noun) · clews (plural noun)

  - the lower or after corner of a sail.

  - the cords by which a hammock is suspended.

  - a ball of thread (used especially with reference to the thread supposedly used by Theseus to mark his way out of the Cretan labyrinth).

  - archaic variant of clue

  - haul up the clews of a sail to the yard or into the mast ready for furling.

  - lower an upper square sail by hauling down on the clew lines while slacking away on the halyard.

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