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Definition of Furled
1. Adjective. Rolled up and secured. "His rolled umbrella hanging on his arm"
Definition of Furled
1. Verb. (past of furl) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Furled
1. furl [v] - See also: furl
Lexicographical Neighbors of Furled
Literary usage of Furled
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Alphabetical Dictionary of Coats of Arms Belonging to Families in Great by John Woody Papworth (1874)
"Arp. я three masted galley her sails furled ppr. MEARES. ... MERE, V. Arg.
on the sea in base ppr. a ship of three masts with sails furled sa. ..."
2. The British Herald Or, Cabinet of Armorial Bearings of the Nobility & Gentry ...by Thomas Robson by Thomas Robson (1830)
"Town House, 6, Foley Place] quarterly ; first and fourth, gu. three cinquefoils ar.
; second and third, ar. a lymphad, with her sails furled, sa. ..."
3. The Æneid of Virgil by Virgil (1910)
"Yet my men furled sail and shoreward veered the pointing prow The port receding
from the orient wave Is curved into a bow; on either side The jutting ..."
4. Songs and Ballads of the Southern People, 1861-1865 by Frank Moore (1886)
"Touch it not, unfurl it never, Let it droop there, furled forever, For its people's
hopes are fled. FOLD IT UP CAREFULLY. GALLANT nation, foiled by numbers, ..."
5. Every Day in the Year: A Poetical Epitome of the World's History by James Lauren Ford, Mary K. Ford (1902)
"... themselves are backward hurled, On Worcester and on Middlesex their flag's
forever furled. Theirs was the glinting pomp of war; race of freemen rise. ..."
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