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Definition of Clewing
1. clew [v] - See also: clew
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clewing
Literary usage of Clewing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The South Pole: An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the by Roald Amundsen (1913)
"A whole suit of sails was completely worn out on this voyage ; but what can one
expect when the ship is being worked every single day, with clewing up, ..."
2. Seamanship: Comp. from Various Authorities, and Illustrated with Numerous by Stephen Bleecker Luce (1877)
"If the yard binds in clewing down, ease off the lee sheet. If not possible to
get the topsail aback, clew down and haul np the weather clew-June. ..."
3. From Sail to Steam: Recollections of Naval Life by Alfred Thayer Mahan (1907)
"Of these, one which ran contrary to current standards was in favor of clewing up
a course or topsail to leeward, in blowing weather. ..."
4. Parochial Self-government in Rural Districts: Argument and Plan by Henry C. Stephens (1893)
"clewing THOS. BISHOP [Overseers of the Poor. WM. HILL J And fourteen Inhabitants.
At a vestry held the 15th day of November, 1769, in and for the parish of ..."
5. Text-book of Seamanship: The Equipping and Handling of Vessels Under Sail Or by Stephen Bleecker Luce, United States Naval Academy (1898)
"TO SHORTEN SAIL, (Ship under all plain sail by the wind.) Preparatory signal will
be hoisted ten (10) minutes before clewing up. ..."
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