Loud sang the souls of the jolly, jolly mariners: "Plague upon the hurricane that made usfurl and flee!
Having to turn out at twelve, I soon started below; but before swinging into my hammock I heard the order to furl the royals and send the yards on deck.
The first officer came on deck, roaring in the hubbub to clue up and furl the royals before the wind came again.
The man stood stolidly watching Dred and Jack furl and tie up the sail.
Jack followed Mr. Parker up this stairway, leaving the man who had brought them tofurl and tie the sail.
Now we'll drop the anchor and furl the sails, if you please, sir--we can do nothing at present.
Without a sound the crew of the strange ship furl their sails and coil their ropes.
While the sailors furl sails, cast cables, the captain, Daland, comes ashore and climbs upon a rock to study the landscape.
At each minute, the power of the breeze was increasing until it soon freshened to a degree that compelled him to furl his after-sail.
The mainsail and foresail having been brailed up and handed, Owen ordered the crew aloft to furl the main-topsail.
I am inclined to furl everything at once, so as to be prepared for the wind when it reaches us; it is near the hurricane season in the West Indies, and they are sometimes felt as far to the eastward as this.
The men who were going aloft to furl the fore-topsail were ordered down, and the commander directed the carpenter to cut away the remaining mast, as it threatened every instant to fall.
Hard to think there's none to hold it-- Hard that those who once unrolled it Now must furl it with a sigh.
They would have to fall back on Ned Gates, if he hasn’t got any cue to speak of, and can’t furl the royal when it blows hard, and the sail is wet and heavy.
O, if I was only a little bigger, so that I could furl the royal in wet weather, or when it blows hard!
Hard to think there's none to hold it, Hard that those who once unrolled it Now must furl it with a sigh.
Send the small sails down out of the tops; as soon as the staysail is on her, lower the gaff, and furl the spanker; the watch will do.
Every moment I expected to hear the mate give the word to furl the sails and let go the anchor.
Clew up" is the next order, and then "All hands furl fore and main upper topsails," and up we go out on to the yard.
It must have been about this time that orders were given to clew up the jib and then to furl it.
Look you, my fine fellow, douse that mainsail now, and furl it in a trice.
For its fame on brightest pages, Penned by poets and by sages, Shall go sounding down the ages-- Furl its folds though now we must.
But, oh, wildly they deplore it, Now who furl and fold it so!
Oh, 'tis hard for us to fold it, Hard to think there's none to hold it, Hard that those who once unrolled it Now must furl it with a sigh!
Some swords rust where others clash, Some fall back where some move on; Some flags furl where others flash Until the battle has been won.
Hard to think there's none to hold it; Hard that those who once unrolled it Now must furl it with a sigh.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "furl" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: bowl; reef; roll; swirl; troll; trundle
