flemish

verb1

1. •
   Often followed by down: to arrange (a rope) into a neat, flat spiral coil.

noun1

1. •
   Ellipsis of Flemish coil (“a rope that has been arranged into a neat, flat spiral coil”).

   • A coiled, faked, or flemished down line is said to be laid up in coils, fakes, or flemishes. — 1951

adjective3

1. •
   Of or relating to Flanders, either as the historical county of Flanders (the current provinces of West Flanders and East Flanders in Belgium, Zeelandic Flanders in the Netherlands and French Flanders); or as the Dutch-speaking region of Belgium.
2. •
   Of or relating to the Belgian standard variety of the Dutch language.
3. •
   Of or relating to West Flemish, East Flemish and/or French Flemish dialects of Dutch.