clew up
Fortgeschritten (C1) neutral
To pull the bottom corners of a sail up so it can be folded away.
"As the wind picked up dangerously, the boatswain ordered the crew to clew up the topsails."
To pull the bottom corners of a sail up so it can be folded away.
"As the wind picked up dangerously, the boatswain ordered the crew to clew up the topsails."