Reef-band

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  1. 1
    A piece of canvas sewn across a sail to strengthen it in the part where the eyelet holes for reefing are made.

    "The rope passed from below up through a sister-block in the rigging at the topmast-head, thence through the end of the yard to a block in the reef-band of the sail, &c."

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"The rope passed from below up through a sister-block in the rigging at the topmast-head, thence through the end of the yard to a block in the reef-band of the sail, &c."

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