verb
- past tense and past participle of flemish; to coil (a rope) in a flat, spiral pattern on deck
Usage: nautical; chiefly historical
Examples
- The sailor flemished the rope neatly on the deck.
- After securing the sails, the crew flemished all the excess line.
- The rope was flemished in a tight spiral to save space.
- He flemished the hawser before the ship departed port.