furl

动词 furl:

1. form into a cylinder by rolling
   同义词：roll up

1. A cord or canvas strap used to secure a furled sail to a yard boom or gaff.
   束帆索一种绳子或帆布带，用来把一个卷叠的帆置于一横木或斜桁上
2. This fan doesn't furl neatly.
   这把扇子摺不上了。

furl

v.（动词）
furled,furl.ing,furls
v.tr.（及物动词）
To roll up and secure (a flag or sail, for example) to something else.
卷起：收卷或把（例如旗或帆）卷到其它物上
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To be or become rolled up.
卷起，折拢
n.（名词）
The act or an instance of rolling up.
收拢的行为或事例
A single roll or a rolled section.
一卷东西或被卷起来的一段

来源：
Perhaps from French ferler
可能源自 法语 ferler
from Old French ferlier [to fasten]
源自 古法语 ferlier [扎牢]
ferm [firm] * see firm
ferm [牢固的] *参见 firm
lier [to bind] from Latin lig3re * see leig-
lier [捆绑] 源自 拉丁语 lig3re *参见 leig-