Word: clew
Category: clew
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Related words: clew
clew bay
Synonyms: clew
eyeglass
Translations: clew
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german
Translations:
schothorn, knäuel, garnknäuel
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french
Translations:
pelote, peloton
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italian
Translations:
gomitolo
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russian
Translations:
клубок, улика
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finnish
Translations:
keriä, vihje, kerä, lankakerä
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czech
Translations:
klubko
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polish
Translations:
kłębek
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hungarian
Translations:
vezérfonal
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ukrainian
Translations:
клубок, доказ
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estonian
Translations:
niidiots, kerima, soodinurk
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lithuanian
Translations:
kamuolys
The meaning and "use of": clew
noun
- the lower or after corner of a sail. - I started to give the outhaul a good yank to get the foot of the main tight and the damned thing came off in my hand along with a piece of the sail containing the clew .
- the cords by which a hammock is suspended. - Tie the clew down to the boom using a reef knot.
- haul up the clews of a sail to the yard or into the mast ready for furling. - It is mostly the way to man the clew-lines and the bunt-lines, ease off the lee-sheet and clew it up .
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