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reefed, ppl. a.|riːft|
[f. reef v.1 + -ed1.]
1. Of masts: Shortened.
1704J. Harris Lex. Techn. I. s.v. Reef, When a Top-Mast is Sprung,..they cut off the lower piece that was near broken off, and setting the other part, now much shorter, in the Step again, they call it a Reeft Top-Mast.
2. a. Of sails: Having a reef or reefs taken in. Also with up, and transf.
1748Anson's Voy. i. vii. 73 We were obliged..to continue under a reefed mizen till eleven at night. 1814Scott Ld. of Isles i. xxi, The helm..Gave the reef'd sail to meet the wind. 1863S. R. Graves Yachting Cruise 84 We took in the trysail, and ran under reefed square sail and foresail. 1874K. H. Digby Temple of Memory iv. 78 The windmills with the reef'd-up sails. 1962Into Orbit 245 Reefed, the condition of a parachute which is not fully deployed, in order to reduce the initial stress.
b. With single-, double-, etc.
1803Naval Chron. XXIII. 398 Treble-reefed main-top⁓sail. 1836Marryat Midsh. Easy xxvi, Another ten minutes, and then they were under double-reefed topsails. 1857in Merc. Marine Mag. (1858) V. 1 Under double-reefed top-sails, courses, jib, and single-reefed main-try-sail. |