Jackspeak of the Royal Canadian Navy

Clew(s)

1. Consists of two lanyards on a sailor's hammock, each spliced to its metal ring, each ring carrying eight nettles (six-foot lengths of 3-stranded white hemp 5/8 inch in circumference), for slinging the two ends of the hammock.
2. The lower corners of square sails or the corner of a triangular sail at the end of the boom.

Added: 2014-11-01 Last modified: 2014-11-01