Wrapping or rolling a sail close up to the yard, stay, or mast, to which it belongs, by hauling on the clue-lines and buntlines, and winding a gasket or cord about it, to fasten it thereto and secure it snugly.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Denotes a generally flat cord called a gasket. In bad weather, with a weak crew, the top-sail is bro...
The Sailor's Word-Book
A method of rolling up a top-sail only practised in harbour, by gathering all the loose part of the ...