furl

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
7
Words With Friends
9
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/fɜːl/(UK)
See all 2 pronunciations
/fɜːl/(UK) · /fɝl/

Definition of furl

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (transitive)To lower, roll up and secure (something, such as a sail or flag)
    “With the landless gull, that at sunset folds her wings and is rocked to sleep between billows; so at nightfall, the Nantucketer, out of sight of land, furls his sails, and lays him to his rest, while under his very pillow rush herds of walruses and whales.”
    “When he heard a voice thus calling to him, he was standing at the door of his box, with a flag in his hand, furled round its short pole.”
    “"'Oh yes, that's all very well, but we haven't done with it yet,' said the lad, 'we shall have it worse directly,' and he ordered them to furl every rag but the mizen."”

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Etymology

Perhaps from Old French ferlier, modern French ferler.

Anagrams of furl

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