clew-garnet

noun

A rope attaching to the clew (lower corner) of a sail, used to furl it.

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Meanings

nounclew-garnet (plural clew-garnets)

plural clew-garnets

  1. nauticalA rope attaching to the clew (lower corner) of a sail, used to furl it.

    “Cast off the topsail sheets, clew garnets, leechlines and buntlines!” The order came thinly through the roar of the wind.

    1923, Charles Boardman Hawes, The Dark Frigate, Chapter 8
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APA

clew-garnet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clew-garnet

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“clew-garnet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clew-garnet. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “clew-garnet,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clew-garnet.

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