clew
clew
[kluː]
noun
[kluː]
noun
- the lower or after corner of a sail
帆下角；靠船后部的帆角 - (clews)(Nautical)the cords by which a hammock is suspended
(航海)缚吊床的绳索
■(clew)a ball of thread (used especially with reference to the thread supposedly used by Theseus to mark his way out of the Cretan labyrinth)
（尤指传说中忒修斯走出克里特岛迷宫时用来做路标的）线团 - archaic variant of clue
(古)。 同 clue
- [with obj.](clew a sail up)(Sailing)draw the lower ends of a sail to the upper yard or the mast ready for furling
(航海)扯（帆）上桁
■(clew a sail down)let down a sail by the clews in unfurling
扯（帆）下桁
- Old English cliwen, cleowen (denoting a rounded mass, also a ball of thread), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch kluwen. All senses are also recorded for the form clue
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