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furled

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furl  (fûrl)
v. furled, furl·ing, furls
v.tr.
To roll up and secure (a flag or sail, for example) to something else.
v.intr.
To be or become rolled up.
n.
1. The act or an instance of rolling up.
2. A single roll or a rolled section.

[Perhaps from French ferler, from Old French ferlier, to fasten : ferm, firm; see firm1 + lier, to bind (from Latin ligre; see leig- in Indo-European roots).]
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Adj.1.furled - rolled up and secured; "furled sails bound securely to the spar"; "a furled flag"; "his rolled umbrella hanging on his arm"
bound - confined by bonds; "bound and gagged hostages"
Translations
furled [fɜːld] adj (flag, umbrella) → ripiegato/a
furled [fɜːld] adj (flag, umbrella) → ripiegato/a


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For a ship with her sails furled on her squared yards, and reflected from truck to water-line in the smooth gleaming sheet of a landlocked harbour, seems, indeed, to a seaman's eye the most perfect picture of slumbering repose.
Our sails were furled, and the captain gave permission to all who wished to land for a while and amuse themselves.
But as if at a signal every sail was furled, the arms folded, the body drawn in, the shells turned over, changing their centre of gravity, and the whole fleet disappeared under the waves.
 
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