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(sailing) Outermost of the ropes with which a square sail is rolled up to the yard.
If the halyards are not single, the yard must be sent down by a yard rope, like the topgallant yard. In some vessels, instead of making the sheets and clewlines fast to the jack, over-hand knots are taken in their ends, and they are let go.
The only sail that is wholly ours is the spanker. They control absolutely--sheets, halyards, clewlines, buntlines, braces, and down-hauls--every sail on the fore and main. We control the braces on the mizzen, although they control the canvas on the mizzen.
Use clew line when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Clew line means (sailing) Outermost of the ropes with which a square sail is rolled up to the yard.
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If the halyards are not single, the yard must be sent down by a yard rope, like the topgallant yard. In some vessels, instead of making the sheets and clewlines fast to the jack, over-hand knots are taken in their ends, and they are let go.
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