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1 гитовы
Naval: brail, clew garnet, clew lines -
2 HEFILL
* * *(pl. heflar), m. a noose fastened to the edge of a sail to help in furling it; láta siga (or hleypa segli) ór heflum, to unfurl the sail.* * *m. [from hefja, to heave; from this Norse word are no doubt derived the Engl. to haul and halyard, ‘hel’ or ‘hal’ being contracted from hefill], a naut. term, the clew-lines and bunt-lines of a sail; láta síðan síga ór heflum ( to unfurl the sail), ok sækja eptir þeim, Fb. iii. 563; lét hann þá hleypa ór heflunum segli á skeiðinni, Ó. H. 182 (Fb. l. c. homlu wrongly); N. G. L. i. 199 distinguishes between hefill, sviptingr ( reefs), hanki (blocks): hefil-skapt, n. a boat-hook to pull the sail down; þá þreif Ingimundr hefilskapt ok vildi kippa ofan, Bs. i. 422: hefla-skurðr, m. = heflan, q. v.; mínka skal sigling með hálsan ok heflaskurð, N. G. L. i. 282.II. a plane, (mod., from Germ. hobel.)
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clew-lines — clewˈ lines plural noun (nautical) Ropes attached to the clews on square sails by which they are clewed up for furling • • • Main Entry: ↑clew … Useful english dictionary
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clew lines — n. the ropes connecting the clews of a sail with the yard, used in raising or lowering the sail … English World dictionary
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clew — /klu/ (say klooh) noun 1. a ball or skein of thread, yarn, etc. 2. Obsolete a clue. 3. (plural or singular) the rigging for a hammock. 4. Nautical either lower corner of a square sail or the after lower corner of a fore and aft sail. –verb (t) 5 …
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clew iron — /ˈklu aɪən/ (say klooh uyuhn) noun a ring in the corner of a sail to which the clew lines are secured …
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Clew garnet — Clew Clew (kl[=u]), Clue Clue, n. [OE. clewe, clowe, clue, AS. cleowen, cliwen, clywe ball of thread; akin to D. kluwen, OHG. chliwa, chliuwa, G. dim. kleuel, kn[ a]uel, and perch. to L. gluma hull, husk, Skr. glaus sort of ball or tumor. Perch.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English