cheese down

Verb

(nautical) To coil the tail of a rope on deck so as to present a neat appearance.

Japanese Meaning

デッキ上でロープの尾端（テール）を整然と巻き取り、見た目を整えること

After we secured the sails, the bosun told the junior seaman to cheese down the loose tail of the rope on deck so the ship would look tidy.

帆を固定した後、舵手は若い水兵に甲板のロープの余り端をきれいに巻き取るよう指示し、船が整って見えるようにした。

Sense（1）

(nautical) To coil the tail of a rope on deck so as to present a neat appearance.

cheeses down

（ present singular third-person ）

cheesing down

（ participle present ）

cheesed down

（ participle past ）

cheesed down

（ past ）