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furl (fʉrl)

transitive verb

to roll up tightly and make secure, as a flag to a staff or a sail to a spar

Origin: < OFr ferlier < fermlier, to tie up < ferm (< L firmus, firm) + lier (< L ligare, to tie: see ligature)

intransitive verb

to become curled or rolled up

noun

  1. a roll or coil of something furled
  2. a furling or being furled

furl (fûrl)

verb furled, furl·ing, furls
verb, transitive
To roll up and secure (a flag or sail, for example) to something else.
verb, intransitive
To be or become rolled up.
noun
  1. The act or an instance of rolling up.
  2. A single roll or a rolled section.

Origin: Perhaps from French ferler, from Old French ferlier, to fasten : ferm, firm; see firm 1 + lier, to bind (from Latin ligāre; see leig- in Indo-European roots).