The mainsail was "scandalised" - a nautical mode of describing a sail reefed at both ends[.]
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Reefed
Synonyms for "reefed" (9 found)
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7 entriescurtailed ambitionslimited scopereefed foresailreefed mainsailreefing foresailreefing mainsailrestricted objectives
Collocations
9 entriesreef knotreef linereef pointreefed foresailreefed mainsailreefed sailreefing foresailreefing linereefing mainsail
Inflections
2 entriesDerivations
3 entriesSample sentences
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