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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Reef \Reef\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reefed (r[=e]ft); p. pr. &
vb. n. Reefing.] (Naut.)
To reduce the extent of (as a sail) by rolling or folding a
certain portion of it and making it fast to the yard or spar.
--Totten.
[1913 Webster]
To reef the paddles, to move the floats of a paddle wheel
toward its center so that they will not dip so deeply.
[1913 Webster]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Reef \Reef\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reefed (r[=e]ft); p. pr. &
vb. n. Reefing.] (Naut.)
To reduce the extent of (as a sail) by roiling or folding a
certain portion of it and making it fast to the yard or spar.
--Totten.
To reef the paddles, to move the floats of a paddle wheel
toward its center so that they will not dip so deeply.
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
reefed
a.
(lb en aviation space travel of a parachute) Semi-deployed, with the
canopy initially restricted from fully opening, in order to avoid
subjecting the canopy to excessive air loads or the payload to excessive
g-forces from fully deploying at high airspeed.
vb.
(infl of en reef ed-form)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
reefed
a.
(lb en aviation space travel of a parachute) Semi-deployed, with the
canopy initially restricted from fully opening, in order to avoid
subjecting the canopy to excessive air loads or the payload to excessive
g-forces from fully deploying at high airspeed.
vb.
(infl of en reef ed-form)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
reefed
a.
(lb en aviation space travel of a parachute) Semi-deployed, with the
canopy initially restricted from fully opening, in order to avoid
subjecting the canopy to excessive air loads or the payload to excessive
g-forces from fully deploying at high airspeed.
vb.
(infl of en reef ed-form)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
reefed
a.
(lb en aviation space travel of a parachute) Semi-deployed, with the
canopy initially restricted from fully opening, in order to avoid
subjecting the canopy to excessive air loads or the payload to excessive
g-forces from fully deploying at high airspeed.
vb.
(infl of en reef ed-form)
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
reefed /ɹˈiːft/
gerefft
see: reef, reefing
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