furl : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: furl	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for furl
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
furl v form into a cylinder by rolling; "Roll up the cloth" [syn: roll up, furl]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Furl \Furl\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Furld}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Furling}.] [Contr. fr. furdle, fr. fardel bundle: cf. F. ferler to furl, OF. fardeler to pack. See {Furdle}, {Fardel}, and cf. {Farl}.] To draw up or gather into close compass; to wrap or roll, as a sail, close to the yard, stay, or mast, or, as a flag, close to or around its staff, securing it there by a gasket or line. Totten.