"cheese down" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: cheeses down [present, singular, third-person], cheesing down [participle, present], cheesed down [participle, past], cheesed down [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} cheese down (third-person singular simple present cheeses down, present participle cheesing down, simple past and past participle cheesed down)
  1. (nautical) To coil the tail of a rope on deck so as to present a neat appearance. Categories (topical): Nautical
    Sense id: en-cheese_down-en-verb-4WMnTv7J Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (down) Topics: nautical, transport

Inflected forms

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