Home > Terms > English, UK (UE) > clew

clew

For a triangular sail, the aftmost cornet.The lower corners of a square sail; in fore-and-aft sails only the lower after corner is called the clew.

0
  • Part of Speech: noun
  • Synonym(s):
  • Blossary:
  • Industry/Domain: Sailing
  • Category: General sailing
  • Company:
  • Product:
  • Acronym-Abbreviation:
Collect to Blossary

Member comments

You have to log in to post to discussions.

Terms in the News

Featured Terms

Harry8L
  • 0

    Terms

  • 0

    Blossaries

  • 1

    Followers

Industry/Domain: Education Category: Colleges & universities

Smith College

Smith College is a women's liberal arts college located in Northampton, Massachusetts. Founded in 1871, the private institution is the largest member ...

Contributor

Featured blossaries

HaCLOWNeen

Category: Culture   219 10 Terms

Bend It Like Beckham (Gurinder Chadha, Director) Blossary

Category: Entertainment   1 1 Terms

Browers Terms By Category