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full clew

full clew noun: the state of having the bottom corners of a sail (or, by extension, the sail in general) spread wide.

Noun

full clew (uncountable)

  1. The state of having the bottom corners of a sail (or, by extension, the sail in general) spread wide
    • That which eſpecialleſt nouriſht the moſt prime pleaſure in me, was after a ſtorme when they were driuen inſwarmes, and lay close peſtred together as thicke as they could packe; the next day following, if it were faire, they would cloud the whole skie with canuas, by ſpreading their drabled ſailes...1599, [Thomas] Nashe, Nashes Lenten Stuffe, […], London: […] [Thomas Judson and Valentine Simmes] for N[icholas] L[ing] and C[uthbert] B[urby] […], →OCLC, pages 5–6

Questions about full clew

What does full clew mean?
Full clew means the state of having the bottom corners of a sail (or, by extension, the sail in general) spread wide.
What part of speech is full clew?
Full clew is a noun.

Words near full clew in the dictionary

  1. full butt
  2. full choke
  3. full chokes
  4. full circle
  5. full circles
  6. full clew
  7. full colonel
  8. full color
  9. full colors
  10. full combo
  11. full combos

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