furl

Perhaps from Old French ferlier, modern French ferler.

• (US) IPA^(key): /fɝl/

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)l

furl (third-person singular simple present furls, present participle furling, simple past and past participle furled)

1. (transitive) To lower, roll up and secure (something, such as a sail or flag)
   • 1866, Charles Dickens, The Signal-Man‎:

     When he heard a voice thus calling to him, he was standing at the door of his box, with a flag in his hand, furled round its short pole.

   • 1994 July 25, Jack Winter, “How I met my wife”, in The New Yorker:

     I was furling my wieldy umbrella for the coat check when I saw her standing alone in a corner.

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