1
- the lower or after corner of a sail帆下角; 靠船后部的帆角。
2
clews
Nautical the cords by which a hammock is suspended【航海】缚吊床的绳索。
2.1
clew
a ball of thread (used especially with reference to the thread supposedly used by Theseus to mark his way out of the Cretan labyrinth)（尤指传说中忒修斯走出克里特岛迷宫时用来做路标的）线团。
3
- archaic variant of
CLUE .〈古〉同CLUE.
with obj.(clew a sail up)
1- Sailing draw the lower ends of a sail to the upper yard or the mast ready for furling【航海】扯（帆）上桁。
1.1
clew a sail down
let down a sail by the clews in unfurling扯（帆）下桁。
词源
Old English cliwen, cleowen （denoting a rounded mass, also a ball of thread）, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch kluwen. All senses are also recorded for the form CLUE.