"Furling" is a word in ENGLISH

With the sails furled, and the helm lashed alee; -- applied to ships in a storm. See Hull, n.

Ropes passing through pulleys, and used to haul in or up the leeches, bottoms, or corners of sails, preparatory to …

The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center …

Same as Furl.

The rope rigged below a yard, upon which men stand when reefing or furling; -- formerly called a horse.

To move heavily and slowly, as a ship after the sails are furled; to work one's way, as one ship …

To draw up or gather into close compass; to wrap or roll, as a sail, close to the yard, stay, …

of Furl

A line or band used to lash a furled sail securely. Sea gaskets are common lines; harbor gaskets are plaited …

One of the clews or lower corners of a course or a topsail when the middle part or the rest …

To furl; -- said of a sail.

To take a turn with (a line, gasket, etc.), as around a sail in furling, and make secure.

That part of a sail, when furled, which remains on the outside and covers the whole.

To relieve a sail from the pressure of the wind, so that it can be more easily reefed or furled, …

In a square-rigged vessel, the sail next above the lowermost sail on a mast. This sail is the one most …

To loose from a furled state; to unfold; to expand; to open or spread; as, to unfurl sails; to unfurl …