furling

Secondly, some kind of furling or feathering by a rotatory motion of the wing might take place on raising the wings.

Alfred Russel Wallace Letters and Reminiscences Marchant, James 1916

The only further reduction possible would be folding it up altogether, close to the yard, which would be called "furling" it, and which would render it altogether ineffective.

Man on the Ocean A Book about Boats and Ships R. [Illustrator] Richardson 1859

But, while we could thus trim the mizzen-yards, the sails themselves, in setting or furling, were in the hands of the for'ard crowd.

CHAPTER XLV 2010

I was the last to go below, doing so just as the watch on deck was furling the spanker.

Story of a Typhoon off the Coast of Japan 2010

Engines on watercraft have long obviated the need to mess about with furling and unfurling canvas, luffing and gybing and all the other soggy inconveniences.

It's Alive! Vinyl Makes a Comeback Eric Felten 2012

She had evidently just got in by the Tulagi Passage, for her black crew was still at work furling the sails.

THE JOKERS OF NEW GIBBON 2010

The skysails were already furled; men were furling the royals; and the topgallant-yards were running down while clewlines and buntlines bagged the canvas.

CHAPTER XXXIII 2010

I was the last to go below, doing so just as the watch on deck was furling the spanker.

Story of a Typhoon off the Coast of Japan 2010

Our boat, the Pinguino, had 3 cabins, 2 heads (both with "showers"), wood detailing, a self-furling jib, and lines rigged to the cockpit.

Jenny Block: Come Sail Away: A Week Boating in the British Virgin Islands Brought Me Home Again 2010

Auto helm slaved to GPS, Radar & sounder, self furling rigging, gas detectors, RFD self deploying & inflating liferafts, survival immersion suits, irradiated rations, RO-DI watermakers, solar panels even the humble float switch on a bilge pump have removed the top 10 ways solo mariners come unstuck.

Cheeseburger Gothic » Smokin hot and kickin butt. 2010