furl

Etymology

Perhaps from Old French ferlier, modern French ferler.

verb

1. (transitive) To lower, roll up and secure (something, such as a sail or flag)
   When he heard a voice thus calling to him, he was standing at the door of his box, with a flag in his hand, furled round its short pole. 1866, Charles Dickens, The Signal-Man
   "'Oh yes, that's all very well, but we haven't done with it yet,' said the lad, 'we shall have it worse directly,' and he ordered them to furl every rag but the mizen." 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 191