Meaning

1 senses
  1. Outermost of the ropes with which a square sail is rolled up to the yard

Origin

From clew + line.

From clew + line.

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Forms

plural: clewlines
Singularclewline
Pluralclewlines

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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