society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of sails, spars, or rigging > carry specific amount of sail [verb (transitive)] > set or spread (sails) > unfurl > let down clews (2)
transitive. Chiefly Nautical. To let down the clews or lower corners of (a sail or similar piece of canvas).
Nautical. to clew up: to draw the lower ends or clews (of sails) up to the upper yard or the mast in preparation for furling or for making…