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Examples of clew
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Julia has absolutey no clew as to what the Australian people want and she doesn't care.
From the dailymercury.com.au
There is a set of pulleys for downhauling at the tack and there's a grommet at the clew.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The entire foot of the sail may be attached to the boom or just the clew.
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The outhaul runs from the clew of the sail to the free end of the boom.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The bottom edge, between the clew and the tack, is called the foot.
From the en.wikipedia.org
It couldn't be any odder than a cream of turkeys or a clew of worms.
From the blogs.psychcentral.com
The leeward, clew, corner is controlled by a sheet.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Though a reward of three thousand roubles was offered for his capture, none had, as yet, brought so much as a clew.
From the gutenberg.org
The sail was loose footed, with the boom attached to the upper spar near the sail apex, and to the clew of the sail.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- A ball of yarn or cord or thread
- Clue: roll into a ball
- Clue: evidence that helps to solve a problem
- (clews) the cords used to suspend a hammock
- In sailing the parts of a sail have common terminology for each corner and edge of the sail.
- A roughly spherical mass or body; A ball of thread or yarn; Yarn or thread as used to guide one's way through a maze or labyrinth; a guide, a clue; The lower corner(s) of a sail to which a sheet is attached for trimming the sail (adjusting its position relative to the wind); the metal loop or ...
- (clewed) adjective - 1. rolled or coiled in to a ball 2. [nautical] with "up," used to describe a square sail with its lower corners raised by means of clew lines
- The lower aft corner of a sail.
- The aftmost, lowest part of a triangular sail. Expert sailors make all sorts of adjustments to a sail, but beginners can adjust the clew to catch the wind even if they don't have a clue about the finer points of sail trim.
