furl

verb

Etymology: Perhaps from Old French ferlier, modern French ferler.

1. To lower, roll up and secure (something, such as a sail or flag)

   “With the landless gull, that at sunset folds her wings and is rocked to sleep between billows; so at nightfall, the Nantucketer, out of sight of land, furls his sails, and lays him to his rest, while under his very pillow rush herds of walruses and whales.”

   “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.”