(obsolete) A roughly spherical mass or body. / (archaic) 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.

(transitive) to roll into a ball / (nautical) (transitive and intransitive) to raise the lower corner(s) of (a sail)

plural of clew

simple past tense and past participle of clew

present participle of clew

A surname.

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

plural of clew-garnet

(sailing) Alternative spelling of clewline

(nautical) The state of having the bottom corners of a sail (or, by extension, the sail in general) spread wide