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Definition of furl

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Furl (v. t.) To draw up or gather into close compass; to wrap or roll, as a sail, close to the yard, stay, or mast, or, as a flag, close to or around its staff, securing it there by a gasket or line. Totten..

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Skin :: Skin (n.) That part of a sail, when furled, which remains on the outside and covers the whole..

Forge :: Forge (v. t.) To move heavily and slowly, as a ship after the sails are furled; to work one's way, as one ship in outsailing another; -- used especially in the phrase to forge ahead..

Furld :: Furld (imp. & p. p.) of Fur.

Furlong :: Furlong (a.) A measure of length; the eighth part of a mile; forty rods; two hundred and twenty yards.

Bunt :: Bunt (n.) The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard..

Furloughed :: Furloughed (imp. & p. p.) of Furloug.

Furloughing :: Furloughing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Furloug.

Farl :: Farl (v. t.) Same as Furl.

Gasket :: Gasket (n.) A line or band used to lash a furled sail securely. Sea gaskets are common lines; harbor gaskets are plaited and decorated lines or bands. Called also casket.

Footrope :: Footrope (n.) The rope rigged below a yard, upon which men stand when reefing or furling; -- formerly called a horse..

Furling :: Furling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fur.

Unfurl :: Unfurl (v. t. & i.) To loose from a furled state; to unfold; to expand; to open or spread; as, to unfurl sails; to unfurl a flag..

Goosewing :: Goosewing (n.) One of the clews or lower corners of a course or a topsail when the middle part or the rest of the sail is furled.

Spread :: Spread (v. t.) To extend in length and breadth, or in breadth only; to stretch or expand to a broad or broader surface or extent; to open; to unfurl; as, to spread a carpet; to spread a tent or a sail..

Furlough :: Furlough (v. t.) To furnish with a furlough; to grant leave of absence to, as to an offcer or soldier..

Hand :: Hand (v. t.) To furl; -- said of a sail.

Brail :: Brail (n.) Ropes passing through pulleys, and used to haul in or up the leeches, bottoms, or corners of sails, preparatory to furling..

Streamer :: Stream (v. t.) To unfurl.

Ahull :: Ahull (adv.) With the sails furled, and the helm lashed alee; -- applied to ships in a storm. See Hull, n..

Topsail :: Topsail (n.) In a square-rigged vessel, the sail next above the lowermost sail on a mast. This sail is the one most frequently reefed or furled in working the ship. In a fore-and-aft rigged vessel, the sail set upon and above the gaff. See Cutter, Schooner, Sail, and Ship..