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Definition of Clewing

Clewing
Clew Clew, v. t. [imp. & p. p. & vb. n. Clewing.] [Cf. D. kluwenen. See Clew, n.] 1. To direct; to guide, as by a thread. [Obs.] Direct and clew me out the way to happiness. --Beau. && Fl. 2. (Naut.) To move of draw (a sail or yard) by means of the clew garnets, clew lines, etc.; esp. to draw up the clews of a square sail to the yard. To clew down (Naut.), to force (a yard) down by hauling on the clew lines. To clew up (Naut.), to draw (a sail) up to the yard, as for furling.

Meaning of Clewing from wikipedia

- England. Clewer makes up three wards of the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, namely Clewer North, Clewer South and Clewer East. The name Clewer comes...
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- 1928. Portrait of Clewing Rudolf G. Binding: Wir fordern Reims zur Ubergabe auf on WorldCat Rütten & Loening, Frankfurt1935, Clewing is expressly mentioned...
- Clew Bay (/ˈkluː/; Irish: Cuan Mó) is a large ocean bay on the Atlantic coast of County Mayo, Ireland. It is roughly rectangular and has more than a hundred...
- Richard Clewer (fl. 1385–1390) of Bath, Somerset, was an English burgess who briefly sat in two 14th century parliaments of the Kingdom of England. He...
- meaning 'meadow of the buttercups') is a small town on the southwest corner of Clew Bay in County Mayo, Ireland. It is home to Sancta Maria College and the Gráinne...
- square sail design—it is the arc of a circle above a straight line from clew to clew at the foot of a square sail, from which sail material is omitted. The...