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furl

[furl]
–verb (used with object)
1. to gather into a compact roll and bind securely, as a sail against a spar or a flag against its staff.
–verb (used without object)
2. to become furled.
–noun
3. the act of furling.
4. something furled, as a roll.
5. furl in a body, Nautical. to furl (a square sail) with loose canvas gathered at the mast, so as to make a harbor furl.
6. furl in the bunt, Nautical. to furl (a square sail) by gathering canvas upward, so as to load the yard equally at all points.

Origin:
1550–60; cf. MF ferler in same sense, perh. repr. OF ferlier to chain, fasten, equiv. to fer firm (< L firmus) + lier to bind (< L ligāre)


furl⋅a⋅ble, adjective
furler, noun
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