Definition of furl

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furl    (fûrl) KEY 

VERB:
furled, furl·ing, furls
VERB:
tr.

To roll up and secure (a flag or sail, for example) to something else.

VERB:
intr.

To be or become rolled up.

NOUN:

1. The act or an instance of rolling up.
2. A single roll or a rolled section.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Perhaps from French ferler, from Old French ferlier, to fasten : ferm, firm ; see firm¹ + lier, to bind (from Latin ligre; see leig- in Indo-European roots)