Close-reefed
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 fully reefed; using all the reefs. not-comparable
"About noon we saw a vessel on a wind to leeward of us, which was a source of great delight to us all, and we bore down to her. We soon made her out to be an hermaphrodite brig, under her close-reefed topsails and trysails."
Example
More examples"About noon we saw a vessel on a wind to leeward of us, which was a source of great delight to us all, and we bore down to her. We soon made her out to be an hermaphrodite brig, under her close-reefed topsails and trysails."
Etymology
From close + reefed.
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