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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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Reefing \Reef"ing\, n. (Naut.)
The process of taking in a reef.
[1913 Webster]
Reefing bowsprit, a bowsprit so rigged that it can easily
be run in or shortened by sliding inboard, as in cutters.
[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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Reefing \Reef"ing\, n. (Naut.)
The process of taking in a reef.
Reefing bowsprit, a bowsprit so rigged that it can easily
be run in or shortened by sliding inboard, as in cutters.
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
reefing
n.
The process of reefing (taking in a sail); an act of reefing; ''also
used of clothing''.
vb.
(present participle of en reef nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
reefing
n.
The process of reefing (taking in a sail); an act of reefing; ''also
used of clothing''.
vb.
(present participle of en reef nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
reefing
n.
The process of reefing (taking in a sail); an act of reefing; ''also
used of clothing''.
vb.
(present participle of en reef nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
reefing
n.
The process of reefing (taking in a sail); an act of reefing; ''also
used of clothing''.
vb.
(present participle of en reef nocat=1)
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Reefing /ɹˈiːfɪŋ/
الإنزال
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
reefing /ɹˈiːfɪŋ/
reffend
see: reef, reefed
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
缩帆
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